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Auction 13 · Lot 3
HIGHLY UNUSUAL STAINLESS STEEL SEDER PLATE. Munich, 1924; Haim ben David Schwed.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,100
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Plate with raised rim decorated with niello work; depicts, at center, Matzah within four pointed star and goat (from Had Gadyah); in outer sections, Four Sons, David, Moses; appropriate Hebrew inscriptions from Hagadah. Rim decorated with organic and geometric designs. Signed by artist in Hebrew and German, including monogram near rim. Diam: 400mm.
summary
A most unusual example of a ceremonial object created in the style of its day, with motifs such as the star which refers to traditional German pewter Seder plates. (The artist has no relation to the contemporary Jerusalem silversmith of similar name.)