Floral and leaf etching adorn the base of this tray. Tray is made in a cartouche like fashion with etched stich-like scrolling surrounding the borders. Two pierced half moon handles are made for carrying the tray and its contents. on top edge and is engraved in Hebrew " Mishloach Manos LeAdmo"r (Rebbe) Shlit"a". At bottom are the words "Me"anash (from the residents) of the town of Kremenchug".
This particular tray was gifted by the humble townspeople of the city to their revered Rebbe on Purim. They filled the tray with food and drink to perform the commandment of Mishloach Manos during the holiday.
Kremenchug(k) is a city located in central Ukraine. The earliest information on Jewish settlement in Kremenchug dates from 1782. Early in the 19th century a Jewish hospital was opened, and in 1844 a Chabad yeshivah was established. Later in the 19th century, the Jewish population increased rapidly, as a result of emigration from the northwestern provinces of Russia to the southeastern ones. In 1847 there were 3,475 Jews registered in the community of Kremenchug, while by 1897 there was a large Jewish population of 29,869. During World War I, the yeshiva of Lubavich was transferred to Kremenchug.
Marked at bottom. Good condition. Makers mark of the Jewish artist Itzka Lozinsky (Ицка Лозинский). He was a well-known manufacturer of Judaica. From the beginning of the 1870s he worked in Moscow, and from 1892 in Tula. His works are Very Rare.
8.21 Oz.
30.5 Cm Long.
Tula is a region in Russia in the Sredenerosky hills to the south of Moscow whose capital town of Tula has been famous for the remarkable steel work it has produced since the construction of the armoury by Peter the Great in 1712.
This privilege contributed greatly to the flourishing of the art of Tula steel making and the armourers were then also given the right to produce various items at home and trade in them without being taxed either in Russia or abroad.
After the royal visit of Catherine II to the armoury in 1787, Tula’s distinctive style came into its own and its products became highly sought after. The Tula masters often presented their best works to the Empress, but she also bought articles at their annual Sophia trade fair in Tsarskoe Selo.
Catherine the Great’s passion for Tula ware was so great that she merged her collection with that of her crown jewels and placed it in a special gallery at the Winter Palace. Enjoying Imperial patronage the armourers continued to produce exceptional steel decorative wares that had once originated as a sideline to armaments.
Tula ware was admired so much in Europe that it was imitated in silver and silver gilt in the late 18th century by the Augsburg gold and silversmiths.
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