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English Hanukkah Lamp, Modeled after Early German Hanukkah Lamps – Sheffield, 1998

Opening: $200
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium

Hanukkah lamp created by silversmith Hugh Crawshaw. Sheffield, England, 1998.
Silver, cast, cut, sawed, and soldered (oil container marked with maker’s mark, and marks indicating place, quality, and year; servant light and lid marked with minute quality and year marks).
Elegant Hanukkah lamp modeled after early (17th- and 18th-century) German Hanukkah lamps. With a rectangular (cuboid), box-shaped oil container divided into eight chambers, supported by four tall, fancy legs; removable lid with four small holes for insertion of oil wicks and oil-filling tubes; removable servant light attached to side of oil container, connected by a round handle shaped like a winding branch or snake.


Maximal height (incl. servant light): 8.5 cm. Maximal width: 24 cm. Excluding servant light: 5.5X19 cm.

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Hanukkah Lamps
Hanukkah Lamps