Pewter Plate wedding gift , Moravia 18th century

From a private collection. Very rare heavy ...

Pewter Plate wedding gift , Moravia 18th century

From a private collection. Very rare heavy Pewter plate dated 1776, presented by the Chevra Kadisha/Burial Society of Kostelitz to bride and groom on the occasion of their engagement and wedding. Inscribed in Hebrew " Present from the Burial Society of Kostelitz to the brides side Reizel and the groom Isaac Kenig " signed off by the Gaboim and Rov. It appears to have been the standard tradition that the  Burial Society would present bride and groom with a gift. There is also a possibility that either of the two families may have presented a large  donation to the Society. A wonderful piece of our rich Jewish history.  

similar plate at Sothebys Judaica auction 17 april 2001 , Yehuda L Bialer , Jewish Life in Art and Tradition , London, 1976 p49, RD Barnet , Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan collections of the Jewish Museam London, London 1974 no;349