Hanukkah lamp. North Africa – Morocco or Algeria, [19th century].
Brass, cast and punched; chased.
Hanukkah lamp, chased and punched, ornamented with geometric patterns. Openwork. Broad, rectangular back plate, with six architectonic horseshoe arches. The side panels are also in the shape of horseshoe arches. The legs of the side panels serve to support the entire lamp, including both the row of oil fonts and the back plate. Presumably, the lamp was originally surmounted by an additional ornament but continued to be functional in its current form, even after this upper ornament was lost.
For comparison, see: Chaya Benjamin, North African Lights, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2003, English-language edition, catalogue nos. 124-126.

Maximal height: 14.5 cm. Maximal width: 23 cm. Minute holes and rivets in upper border. Old soldering repairs on verso.

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