Hanukkah lamp. Morocco (probably, Sefrou), [19th century].
Cast brass; sheet brass.
A large flower in the center of the back plate (topped by the Shamash), surrounded by four smaller flowers. At the base of the back plate are five arched gates and at the top - another arched gate and a suspension loop. Two decorated side plates. A basin for dripping oil (made of sheet brass) is connected with rivets to the lower part.
Length: 24 cm. Width: 17.5 cm. Improvised hinges and clasps were added to the side plates (old additions). Lacking decorations on top of the side plates.
See:
1. Lights in the Atlas Mountains, Hanukkah Menorahs from the collection of J. Shulman in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2002), p. 57, item 34.
2. Narkiss, "The Hanukkah Lamp", plate LIV, item 153.