Passover seder plate

1824

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 551

This seder plate, with scrolling acanthus leaves, is manufactured by the Jewish silversmith Israel Lattes. The seder plate is used specifically at the festival meal for the Passover holiday to display symbolic foods that represent the Exodus story of the Jewish people from slavery to freedom. Customarily seder plates have six compartments for each of the symbolic foods, specified with Hebrew inscriptions or imagery. In the Jewish communities of the Piedmont region, however, it is common for the Seder plate to lack these identifying features and function as a decorative platter throughout the year, in addition to its ritual function at the Passover feast.

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Provenance

Title: Passover seder plate
Maker: Israel Lattes (Italian, active after 1824)
Date: 1824
Culture: Italian, Turin
Medium: Silver: embossed and engraved
Dimensions: confirmed: 1 1/8 × 17 in., 28oz. (2.9 × 43.2 cm, 793.876g)
Classifications: Metalwork-Silver, Judaica
Credit Line: Purchase, Manda and Albert Kalimian Gift, in honor of Sabrina and Daniel Kalimian, 2024
Object Number: 2024.515
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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