Lord Mayor\'s Tray, 1708-1709
John Ruslen
Silver: repoussé and engraved

JM 2-47 '; $object_detail ='Lord Mayor\'s Tray, 1708-1709
John Ruslen (active 1656-ca. 1715)
Silver: repoussé and engraved
21 3/8 x 26 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (54.2 x 67.3 x 8.3 cm.)
Gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg
JM 2-47 '; $object_summary = 'It was a tradition in 17th century London for minority groups to commission pieces like this silver presentation tray to honor the Lord Mayor. Bevis Marks, the Jewish congregation which established London\'s first synagogue in 1657, sent him this tray filled with sweets and bearing as a central motif the seal of the Congregation — a Tent of Assembly in the Wilderness, a guard at its entrance and a cloud of glory above. '; ?>