Passover Plate and Saucers – Vienna, Austria

A Seder Plate designed in the style of Chinese porcelain, distinguished by the blue decoration on a white background and the selection of delicate motifs painted on it. It has seven recesses; in the center – in the shape of a Star of David, and on the sides in the shape of a heart, which correspond to the saucers and are all intended for the traditional Seder Plate. The original plate is kept in the collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague, which holds one of the largest collections of Judaica in the world. The vast volume was accumulated mainly during World War II, when the Nazis gathered sacred objects from private collections and Jewish organizations throughout Europe and cataloged each one of them in order to “return” them to those sent to concentration camps “upon their return.”