Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Hanging Sabbath Lamp - Holland

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Hanging Sabbath lamp [Holland, 18th century].
Cast brass.
Consists of five parts: a spreading cut crown; baluster; oil reservoir with seven beams, with space for wicks; drip bowl with scalloped borders; cone pendant.
Length: 80 cm, max. width: 28 cm. Good condition.
See similar lamp in: Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, edited by R. D. Barnett. London, 1974, item 378, plate CXIII.
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