- Object Name:
- Passover Plate
- Place Made:
- Germany
- Date:
- 18th century
- Medium:
- Pewter: engraved
- Dimensions:
- 1 1/8 × 12 13/16 in. (2.9 × 32.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 520
Not On View
Inscribed in Hebrew on the plate’s rim is the order of the ritual meal, or seder, held on the first night of Passover. The cycle of the zodiac is depicted within twelve roundels, with a thirteenth, its decoration partly erased, added by mistake. The central scene of Adam and Eve may tie their creation to the beginning of the Jewish calendar.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.