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Judaica , 15th Century Pewter Passover Seder Plate , Amazing For Sale
UNBELIEVABLE !!!
THE EARLIEST \ OLDEST Passover PLATE KNOWN !!!
ON THEISRAELMUSEUM COLLECTION THERE IS AN Passover HAGGADAH , CALLED
THE FIRST NUREMBERG HAGGADAH . THIS HAGGADAH WAS ORDEREDFROMTHE WELL
KNOWN 15TH CENTURY JEWISH SCRIBER YOEL BEN SIMEONBY NATAN BEN SHLOMO .
THIS HAGGADAH CONTAINS ONLY 3 PAGES !!!THAT WERE LEFT FROM THE ENTIRE
HAGGADAH.
THIS 3 PAGES HAGGADAH WAS SOLD ON SOTHEBY'S FOR 1,017,750 $ !!!
THE PICTURE \ ILLUSTRATION THAT IS ON MY PLATE IS IDENTICAL TO THE ILLUSTRATION
WHICH APPEARS ON ONE OF THE HAGGADAH PAGES ( SEE PICTURE 3 ) .
AS IT IS WELL KNOWN,SCRIBERS AT THAT TIME COPIED THE TEXT FROM AN EARLIEST
HAGGADAH .
WE MUST NOT FORGET THATTHIS HAGGADAH IS THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST ONE MADE
BY YOEL BEN SIMOEN. THEREFORE ,IT IS VERY HARD TO SAY WHICH ILLUSTRATIONS
ARE HIS IDEA \ DESIGNAND WHICH ONES HE COPIED FROM AN EARLIEST HAGGADAH .
ONE THING IS CLEAR. THE DESIGN STYLE OF THE MAN WITH THE STICKDOES NOTMATCH
TO THE DESIGN STYLE OF THE OTHER FIGURES ON THAT PAGE ( HIS HAIR , HIS CLOTHES ,
AND NO HAT !!! ) .
THIS PLATEIS THE OLDEST Passover PLATE KNOWN , BUT THERE ISANOTHER GREAT
STORY BEHIND OFIT .
THE PLATEWASOWNED BY A JEWISH FAMILY THATON THE 17TH CENTURY (AROUND 1660 )
WERE PROBABLY ADHERENTS ( believers ) OF THE FALSE MESSIAHSHABTAI TZVI, BUT
WHEN SHABTAI TZVI CONVERTED TO ISLAMTHEY HAVE DONE WHAT ALL THE JEWISH HAVE
DONE,DESTROYED AND ERASED EVERYTHING THAT REMINDS THE NAME SHABTAI TZVI .
THERFORE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEER ON THE PLATE WAS COVERED ( DEER = TZVI = צבי ) .
A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY !!!
THE PLATE IS 22 C"M IN DIAMETER, MADE OUT OF PEWTER .
ON THE BACK SIDE THERE IS A HALLMARK OF A WOMAN WITH WHAT LOOK'S LIKE A
SHAWL OVER HER HEAD ( PICTURE6 ) .
THIS HALLMARK IS THE ULTIMATE PROOF THAT THIS PLATEWAS PRODUCED
AT THESAME TIME WITH THE HAGGADAH , MEANING AROUNDTHE YEAR 1450 !!!
1.THIS HALLMARK DOESN'T APPEAR ON ERWIN HINTZE CATALOG !!!
ERWIN HINTZE CATALOG IDENTIFIES AND DATING GERMAN PEWTER HALLMARKS
ONLY FROM 1500 !!! . THERE ARE MANY HALLMARKS ON THAT CATALOGWHICH ARE
SIMILAR TO THE HALLMARK THAT IS ON MY PLATE , BUT NONE OF THEM IS NOT
IDENTICAL ASREQUIRED !!!NOT EVEN CLOSE !!! .
2. ON THE ROTHSCHILD'S HAGGADAH FROM 1450 , WHICH WAS ILLUSTRATED BY
THE SAME SCRIBER , YOEL BEN SIMEON , AND WHICH IS ALSO ON THE
COLLECTION OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM , THERE IS AN ILLUSTRATION WHICH IS
SIMILAR TO THE HALLMARK THAT IS ON MY PLATE !!!! ( SEE PICTURE 10 ) .
AMAZING DISCOVERY !!!
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