A carved wooden Imperial presentation platter.
The inscription around the edge reads:
ХЛЕБОСОЛЬ ОТЪ ВЕРОПОДДАННЫХЪ ЕВРЕЕВЪ ЗЕМЛЕДѢЛЬЦЕВЪ КОЛОНИЙ ХЕРС. И Е-СКОИ. ГУБ. [Hospitality from the loyal Jewish farmers of the colonies of Kherson and Yekaterinoslav Governorates].
The platter was a commemorative gift to Emperor Nicholas II from the Jewish farming colonies of the Kherson and Yekaterinoslav governorates of modern Ukraine.
