Hanukkah lamp. Sefrou, Morocco [19th or early 20th century].
Cast brass.
Back plate consisting of two separate pieces – both decorated in openwork – connected to one another with hinges and pins. At the top of the bottom section (at the center of the back plate in its entirety) is a large four-petaled flower. The servant light is screwed onto the upper petal. The large flower is encircled by four smaller but identically-shaped flowers, two near the bottom section and two near the top. Lining the bottom of the back plate is a row of five architectonic horseshoe arches. An additional horseshoe arch, tapered at the top, appears in the middle upper part of the upper section of the back plate. At the very top is a suspension ring.
For comparison, see: Mordechai Narkiss, The Hanukkah Lamp, 1939, item 153; Chaya Benjamin, North African Lights, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2003, English-language edition, catalogue nos. 33, 35.

Height: 24 cm. Maximal width: 21 cm. No side panels. Row of oil fonts may have been taken from a different Hanukkah lamp. Servant light may have been exchanged.

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