Auction 27 · Lot 407
BRASS SEDER PLATE. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,200
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Round plate with five oval depressions for ritual foods ringing central rondel, raised embossed rim, reinforced edge. Central rondel contains embossed text of “Mah Nishtanah” (Four Questions recited during Passover Seder ritual); rim bears scenes relating to Exodus, alternating with rondels bearing embossed Hebrew labels for scenes. “Bezalel Jerusalem” embossed at top. Reinforcing wire at back near rim. Diam: 320mm. WITH: Matchbox on stand, “Made in Palestine/Shabar -- Bezalel Jerusalem” AND: Brass coaster with depiction of the Tomb of Rachel “Made in Palestine; Sharar -- Bezalel.”
summary
A similar lot, albeit silverplate, sold by Kestenbaum and Company, Sale XXIV, June 22nd, 2004, Lot 322