Pewter fruit platter, for the ceremony of the Fifteenth of Shevat.
קערה, לסדר ט"ו בשבט.

Format:

3D object

Contributor:

Moldovan, Alfred, 1921-2013, former owner.

Moldovan, Joseph T., donor.

Moldovan, Susan A., donor.

Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Tu bi-Shevat.

Judaism--19th century--Liturgical objects--Specimens.

Judaism.

Ceremonial objects--Germany--Paderborn--19th century--Specimens.

Ceremonial objects.

Genre:

relief etchings (prints)

pewterware.

Physical Description:

1 plate : pewter ; 23 cm (width) x 5 cm (depth)

metal

engraving

Manufacture:

Paderborn : K.N., [1800?-1830?]

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Notes:

Engraved letters: Shelaḥ-lekha anashim (Numbers XIII:2) -- lower center ; Ṿa-yavoʼu ʻad naḥal Eshḳol, ṿa-yikhretu mi-sham zemorah ṿe-eshkol ʻanavim eḥad, ṿa-yiśaʼehu ba-moṭ bi-shenayim, u-min ha-rimonim u-min ha-teʼenim -- border-edge.

Engraved image: two men (from the Twelve Spies) carry a cluster of grapes and figs on poles, on their shoulders.

Faded touchmarks (three cameo-shaped touchmarks, of an angel, with a drawn sword in the right hand, and a balanced scale in the left); "A. DE GIU--" at upper rim).

K.N. (engraved initials, reverse).

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Gift from the Moldovan Family Collection by Joseph T. Moldovan C'76, and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan. Former call number "PLATE.003".

OCLC:

1518437246