Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
Hanukkah Lamp with Emblem of the Irgun – Constructed from Bullet Cartridges
Opening: $400
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp with Emblem of the Etzel. [Palestine, ca. 1940s].
Brass, cast, pierced and turned; bullet cartridges.
A unique model of Hanukkah lamp, entirely handmade.
Wide horizontal base, supporting, in the middle, the emblem of the Irgun – an outstretched arm grasping a rifle, with the map of the Greater Land of Israel, the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, and a pair of olive branches in the background, alongside the Hebrew inscription "Rak Kakh" ("only thus"), the motto of the organization. The emblem is flanked by a pair of large bullet cartridges which are surmounted by an elongated rectangular, removable brass bar into which the eight candleholders and the servant light are screwed.
Height: 16 cm. Maximum width: 18 cm.
Brass, cast, pierced and turned; bullet cartridges.
A unique model of Hanukkah lamp, entirely handmade.
Wide horizontal base, supporting, in the middle, the emblem of the Irgun – an outstretched arm grasping a rifle, with the map of the Greater Land of Israel, the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, and a pair of olive branches in the background, alongside the Hebrew inscription "Rak Kakh" ("only thus"), the motto of the organization. The emblem is flanked by a pair of large bullet cartridges which are surmounted by an elongated rectangular, removable brass bar into which the eight candleholders and the servant light are screwed.
Height: 16 cm. Maximum width: 18 cm.
Israeliana and Zionism
Israeliana and Zionism