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Seder mug

The Seder glass in the form of a mug made of pink glass was intended for drinking pejsachówka during the Pesach Seder feast. Pejsachówka was a kosher, strong, dry vodka usually made from plums, popular among Polish Jews. The purpose of the glass is primarily revealed by the Hebrew inscription "Pesach" on the cartouche, which occupies a large part of the surface of this tiny vessel. The mug is decorated with vertical stripes of rhythmic ornaments placed around the item - the lower one is vertical ovals, and the middle one (around the mug at the height of the cartouche) is vertical stripes - each of them has small buttons placed in three, one below the other.

The item was purchased for the collection of the Lublin Open Air Village Museum in 1984 from an inhabitant of Międzyrzec Podlaski (Biała Podlaska County, Lubelskie Province).

Pesach is one of the oldest and most important Jewish holidays. It falls on the first spring full moon and commemorates the liberation of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. If their financial situation allowed it, Jewish families possessed a separate set of dishes used only once a year, precisely on the occasion of Pesach. This glass probably belonged to such a set.

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Information about the object
Author / creator
unknown
Object type
handicrafts
vessel
Place of creation
Poland (Europe)
Technique
pressing
Material
glass
Keywords
Copyrights status
the object is not protected by copyright law
Owner
The Lublin Open Air Village Museum
Identification number
MWL/12940