Hanukkah lamp. The Netherlands, [19th century].
Brass sheet, cut, sawed, repoussé, and punched; cast brass.
The center of the back plate is adorned with a Star of David, framed with an encircled, asterisk-shaped six-point star, and flanked on either side by patterns of circles and hearts. The top of the back plate features a tall pitcher surmounted by a suspension ring and flanked on either side by a pair of rampant lions. The row of oil fonts is attached to the front of the bottom of the back plate. Also attached to the back plate, underneath the row of oil fonts, is a broad drip pan. The removable servant light is attached by means of a metal hook to the right upper border of the back plate.
For other Dutch Hanukkah lamps with a Star of David at the center of the back plate see: Susan Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from The Jewish Museum, items 142-43.

Height: 34 cm. Width: 25 cm. Good condition. Old soldering repairs on verso. Metallic remnants of soldering.

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