25th Anniversary Offering Plate ~ Vintage

DescriptionThis beautiful piece has “25 years” written on it in silver and is perfect for offerings in your ritual space or on your altar. The plate features traditional stylized embroidered Rushnyk style symbols all around the edge. Rushnyk are ritual cloths embroidered with symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world. They have been used in sacred rituals, religious services and ceremonial events such as weddings and funerals. Each region has its own designs and patterns with hidden meaning, passed down from generation to generation. In the home, rushnyky are usually draped around the icons in the icon corner or draped around pictures, from family photographs or images of important persons. They were a symbol of the family hearth, a link between the living and the dead.Most people in the Ukrainian Canadian community are familiar with Ukrainian- style ceramics. Items like platters, mugs, borshch bowls, and varenyky casseroles, all strategically adorned with red, white, and black simulated embroidery design decals. The “embroidery” patterns on these ceramics look like typical, intricate Ukrainian cross-stitch patterns. Prior to the 90s, only a few floral embroidery decals could be found adorning ceramic statues, candles, or busts of the Holy Mother or Christ Jesus. Dr. Robert Klymasz, folklorist and retired curator from the Canadian Museum of Civilization, coined an appropriate slogan, calling them “Ukrainian logos.” In North America (especially in the early years), they have become emblematic of Ukrainian Canadian identity.Vintage Ukrainian CanadianAnniversary Plate