Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Hannukah Lamp - Holland - Star of David

Opening: $500
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Holland, 19th or early 20th century].
Cast brass; sheet brass.
Hanukkah lamp of the type used by the Portuguese community in Holland. At the top of the back plate are two fleur-de-lis decorations. At the edge of the central decoration is a Star-of-David-shaped ornament, in the center is a hook for placing the shamash (missing), surmounting the Hebrew inscription "Hanukkah". Inserted in a brass-aheet holder and suspended from two hooks attached to the back plate; placed above a basin for collecting dripping oil.
Length: 31 cm, width: 24.5 cm. Missing shamash. The row of oil fonts may not be original. Missing screws. Missing side plates (?). Soldering repairs to top decoration.
See: Hanukkah Lamps of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, by Ruth Eis (Berkeley, California, 1977), no. MC 13, MC 50.
Also see previous item.
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps