556 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



31. Cover for the unleavened bread, or rnaggoth, used at 

 THE Passover meal, or Seder. — Linen, embroidered in silk. Made 

 in Chalcis (Euboea), Greece, in the seventeenth century. Measure- 

 ments, 16i by 15 inches. (Plate 18. U.S.N.M. No. 151:599.) 



32. Brass dish, used for holding the green herbs at the Pass- 

 over MEAL, OR Seder. ^ — Chased work. Made in Venice, Italy, in the 

 fifteenth century. Height, 3i inches; diameter, 17i inches. (Plate 

 19. U.S.N.M. No. 154595.) 



33. Cover for the green herbs, used at the Passover meal, 

 OR Seder. — Purple-colored silk, embroidered in silver and gold. 

 Made in Chios (an island off the coast of Asia Minor) in the eight- 

 eenth century. Measurements, 21 by 19 inches. (Plate 20. U.S.N.M. 

 No. 154597.) 



34. Twelve wine glasses. — Used for the drinking of the ""four 

 cups" {arhd I'osoth) at the Passover meal, or Seder. Cut glass with 

 gilded rims, and engraved with scenes from human life (the two glasses 

 on the plate, for instance, represent a woman at the loom and a sailing 

 vessel, the others being a woman spinning; a rural idyl; a harvesting 

 scene; a country homestead; a landscape; a chariot race; a house with 

 its inhabitants; a hunting scene). Made in the seventeenth century. 

 Height of each glass, 4i inches; diameter, 1| inches. (Plate 21, fig. 1. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 154593.) 



35. Antique china cup. — Used for the salt water at the Passover 

 meal, or Seder. Height, 1^ inches; diameter, 2i inches. (Plate 21, 

 fig. 2. U.S.N.M. No. 154618.) 



36. Enameled saucer and silver spoon. — Used for the compound 

 of almonds, apples, and other fruit, or haroseth^ at the Passover meal, 

 or Seder. Height of saucer, seven-eighths inch; diameter, 4i inches; 

 length of spoon, 5i inches. (Plate 21, figs. 3. U.S.N.M. No. 154596.) 



37. Glass and plate. — Used for the counting of the ten plagues 

 inflicted on the Egyptians, at the Passover meal, or Seder. Height of 

 glass, 6i inches; diameters, 5^ and 3| inches; height of plate, 1 inch; 

 diameter, 8i inches. (Plate 22. U.S.N.M. No. 1290.) During the 

 reciting of the account of the deliverance from Egyptian servitude in 

 the liturgy of the Seder, or hagacTah, at the mention of the ten plagues 

 sent against the Egyptians ^ a drop of wine is poured out from a glass 

 into a plate at the mention of each plague, or sometimes is dipped out 

 with the finger. 



38. Piece of brocade. — Used as a tablecloth at the Passover meal, 

 or Seder. Measurements, 3 feet 10^ inches by 1 foot 6i inches. (Plate 

 23. U.S.N.M. No. 154596^) 



39. Table center. — Used at the Passover meal or Seder. Linen, 

 with edge and corners richly embroidered in silk and gold. Made in 



' Compare Exodus vii-xii. 



