JUDAICA:- A RARE PARCEL-GILT AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER SEDER SET FOR THE FESTIVAL OF PASSOVER MAKER'S MARK A MONOGRAM AND A "12" STANDARD MARK, BUKOVINA, CIRCA 1850 The cauldron-shaped body with a tier of three circular dishes or drawers, to hold the unleavened bread, matzos , each lined in dark blue velvet and released by turning the small ring handles, one side engraved in Hebrew within undulating bands of foliage, the other side engraved with scenes of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and including views of the drowning Egyptian army when the Red Sea closed on them and also views of Jerusalem, with Empire-style swan side handles, the detachable plate on top applied with six small dishes, each on eagle support, to take the symbolic foods emblematic of the Exodus, with stiff leaf borders, all under a fruiting vine surmounted by a filigree crown with bells dependent and a pine cone and triple acorn finial, the whole raised on a triangular base on paw feet, the centre domed and chased with lambs and foliage, at each corner one of the sacrificial animals, vis. an ox, a goat and a lamb, with flowers and foliage rising up from the base to support the body 21 in. (54 cm.) high, 16 in. (31 cm.) wide Gross weight 192 oz. (6048 gm.)
JUDAICA:- A RARE PARCEL-GILT AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER SEDER SET FOR THE FESTIVAL OF PASSOVER MAKER'S MARK A MONOGRAM AND A "12" STANDARD MARK, BUKOVINA, CIRCA 1850 The cauldron-shaped body with a tier of three circular dishes or drawers, to hold the unleavened bread, matzos , each lined in dark blue velvet and released by turning the small ring handles, one side engraved in Hebrew within undulating bands of foliage, the other side engraved with scenes of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and including views of the drowning Egyptian army when the Red Sea closed on them and also views of Jerusalem, with Empire-style swan side handles, the detachable plate on top applied with six small dishes, each on eagle support, to take the symbolic foods emblematic of the Exodus, with stiff leaf borders, all under a fruiting vine surmounted by a filigree crown with bells dependent and a pine cone and triple acorn finial, the whole raised on a triangular base on paw feet, the centre domed and chased with lambs and foliage, at each corner one of the sacrificial animals, vis. an ox, a goat and a lamb, with flowers and foliage rising up from the base to support the body 21 in. (54 cm.) high, 16 in. (31 cm.) wide Gross weight 192 oz. (6048 gm.)
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