No. 1630. JEWISH CEREMONIALS—ADLER AND CASANOWICZ. 791 
fifteenth century. Height, 34 inches; diameter, 175 inches. (Cat. 
No. 154595, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by (Shad Ephraim Benguiat. 
85. CovER FOR THE GREEN HERBS, USED AT THE PASSOVER MEAL, OR 
sepER.—Purple-colored silk, siabroldencd in silver and gold. Made 
in Chios (an island off the coast of Asia Minor) in the eighteenth 
century. Measurements, 21 by 19 inches. (Plate LX XXVIII, Cat. 
No. 154597, US NM.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
86. Pewrrer Passover Priare.—Made in Tetennausen, Germany. 
Diameter, 15 inches. (Cat. No. 180299, U.S.N.M.) 
87. KNAMELED 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, $ inch; diameter, 4$ inches; length of 
spoon, 54 inches. (Plate LXXXIX, fig. 8, Cat. No. 154596, 
U.S.N.M.) | 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
88. ANTIQUE CHINA Curp.—Used for the salt water at the Passover 
meal, or seder. Height, 14 inches; diameter, 24 inches. (Plate 
LXXXIX, fig. 2, Cat. No. 154618, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
89. TwrLvE WINE GuaAses.—Used for the drinking of the “ four 
cups” (arba kosoth) 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 seven- 
teenth century. Height of each glass, 44 inches; diameter, 1% inches. 
(Plate LX X XIX, fig. 1, Cat. No. 154593, U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Rohn Benguiat. 
90. EKigut Strver Curs.—Used for the drinking of the eon cups.” 
Engraved with floral designs and buildings. Measurements, height, 
54 inches and 44 inches; diameter, 24 and 12 inches. (Cat. No, 45538, 
U.S.N.M.) 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
91. Guass AND Priare.—Used for the counting of the ten plagues 
inflicted on the Egyptians. Height of glass, 64 inches; diameters, 
5s inches and 32 inches; height of plate, 1 inch; diameter, 84 inches. 
(Plate XC, Cat. No. 1290, U.S.N.M.) During the reciting of 
_ the account of the deliverance from Egyptian servitude in the liturgy 
of the seder, or hagadah, at the mention of the ten plagues sent 
against the Egyptians (compare Exodus vii-xii) 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. 
Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. 
