Hanukkah lamp. Morocco [early decades of the 20th century].
Brass, cast and punched; chased.
Large Hanukkah lamp, with architectonically-shaped openwork back plate: a large arch surmounted by a smaller arch, in turn surmounted by a clover-like ornament. Framed by the arches is a symmetrical pattern of tendrils sprouting leaves and branches, produced through a combination of chasing, done by hand, and punched openwork creating small “windows.” At the center of the lower arch of the back plate is a large Star of David, with the servant light protruding outward from its middle. The row of oil fonts is attached to the bottom of the back plate with large bolts secured at their tips with nuts.

Height: 34.5 cm. Maximal width: 24.5 cm. Overall good condition. Open fracture to ornament surmounting back plate.

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Hanukkah lamp. Israel, [ca. 1950s].
Cast brass. Marked: “Hand Made in Israel” (on bottom).
Erect Hanukkah lamp with an oval base bearing the (Hebrew) inscription: “These lights are sacred”. The principal feature of the back plate is the crouched figure of Moses, in relief, after the renowned statue by Michelangelo. The bar supporting the row of nine candle sockets – including one slightly elevated socket in the middle for the servant light – is positioned in the center, above Moses’s head and supported by it, and by a pair of gently curving branches on either side.

Height: 19 cm. Width at base: 14.5 cm. Maximal width: 18.5 cm. Good condition.

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Hanukkah lamp. Israel, [ca. 1950].
Cast brass. Marked: “Hand Made in Israel” (on back of arch and on bottom of servant light).
Early Israeli Hanukkah lamp, with rounded oil pan and with eight small holes for insertion of the wicks, and with a large opening for refilling oil. The servant light is in the shape of a small ancient oil lamp with a handle; it serves as the lid that covers the opening to the oil pan. A boomerang-shaped arch surmounts the top of the oil pan. Three scenes are depicted on the surface of this arch: a farmer sowing in the field, a woman planting a sapling, and a man pounding an anvil.
The design of this Hanukkah lamp strongly brings to mind Israeli Hanukkah lamps created by Ze’ev Raban and produced by the companies Pal-Bell and Zel Zion.

Height: 12.5 cm. Width: 15 cm. Good condition.

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