c1947 Passover Plate Jewish Displaced Person\'s DP Camp Germany German Judaica
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c1947 Passover Plate Jewish Displaced Person\'s DP Camp Germany German Judaica:
$1999.00
now on there is a seller offering another example of this plate at the price of \"$3,950 or best offer\", it is item number 262613981771 (notice how that sellers example has some serious glaze issues at the top of the plate, and much larger and deeper rim chips than my example does)
10.1 inches in diameter, made of green-glazed ceramic. The black stamp on the reverse is underneath the glaze. No cracks or repairs, however there are two rim chips as seen (which is the norm of other plates that are in museums). This plate was made by Jewish refugees in the DP camps after WWII, between 1946 and 1948, primarily those in the \"tent housing\" in Bavaria. I did a Google search with the words \"DP camp Passover plate\", and came up with all the results I am going to describe now, so you can do the same thing and verify.
The last example of this plate to appear at sale was on January 31, 2013, at Kestenbaum sales in New York City (lot 365). It sold for $2,214 (hammer was $1,800 + 23% buyers premium). This is the description from the sale house: \"D.P. Camp Passover Seder Plate. Green glazed earthenware plate with indentations for the six ritual foods for the Seder and captioned in Hebrew, in center; raised rim bears depiction of slaves and taskmaster, and city in Egypt, as well as crest labeled \"Joint - Bureau of Religion\" in English and Hebrew, and in Hebrew: \"This year in Jerusalem.\" On back, stamp reading, in English: \"Employment Board,\" and in Hebrew, \"Production of the Remnants of the Refugees in the Diaspora of Germany.\" Diam: 10 inches. Some wear. Passover seder plate manufactured by Jewish Holocaust survivors in the workshops established under the auspices of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in the Foehrenwald Displaced Persons Camp, Germany.\"
This is the description of the example in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC: \"Green glazed earthenware Passover seder plate made by Jewish DPs in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp. Engraved on the rim of the plate is a scene of slave laborers being forced to work by a master in the shadow of a pyramid and a group of buildings representing historic Jerusalem. The Hebrew text on one side of the decorative motif reads: \"From Slavery to Freedom,\" and on the other: \"This Year in Jerusalem\". Inside another decorative motif are the Hebrew and English words \"JOINT\" and \"Religious Office\". Stamped on the back is the Hebrew term \"Sheerit ha-Pletah\" [Surviving Remnant] and the English, \"Employment Board\". This seder plate was given to U.S. Army chaplain Rabbi Nathan Abramowitz by Jewish DPs at the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp. Date: 1948 Locale: Foehrenwald, [Bavaria; Wolfratshausen] Germany.
This is the description of the example in the Jewish Museum of New York: \"Passover Plate Jewish DPs, Displaced Persons Camp, Bavaria Bavaria, Germany, 1948 Clay: glazed Diameter: 10 7/8 in. Provenance: Jewish DPs at the Föhrenwald Displaced Persons Camp, 1948; the American Joint Distribution Committeen, c/o Rabbi Harry Katchen.
This is the description of the example in the archives of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: \"Passover celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people. The JDC Seder Plate, produced in 1947 for distribution amongst Jewish Displaced Persons of the Holocaust, served not only as a functional ritual object but as a symbol of postwar revival of Jewish life. By the end of World War II, 250,000 Jewish refugees were living in Displaced Persons camps in Germany, Italy and Austria, and JDC provided matza, wine and other supplies to nearly 1 million Jews throughout Europe. The plate’s inscription “This Year in Jerusalem” carried significant meaning, as many European refugees were eagerly awaiting the opportunity to immigrate to Palestine; studying the Hebrew language and working on agricultural training farms in preparation for the pioneering life in the Promised Land. This became a reality for many in the following year, with the establishment of a Jewish state in 1948.\"
c1947 Passover Plate Jewish Displaced Person\'s DP Camp Germany German Judaica:
$1999.00