Online Auction 05 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Hanukkah Lamp – "Bezalel" – Lions Decoration

Opening: $150
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp designed by "Bezalel". [Eretz Israel, mid 20th century].
Repousee brass sheet. Marked in Hebrew: "Bezalel Yerushalem".
After a design by Ze'ev Raban. On the back is a decoration showing two lions lying beneath a six-branched menorah; underneath them are cherub wings and the Hebrew inscription: "These candles are holy". To the right of the oil fonts there is room for a Shamash (exists but broken). Suspension loop
Height: 14 cm, width: 15.5cm. Good-fair condition. Shamash hinge is broken.
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jewish and Israeli History and Culture