Pair of candlesticks, by Hans Jacob Ettlinger. Israel, [ca. 1950s].
Silver; turned, pierced and soldered (marked: H.Y.E. Jerusalem, 925, Hand Made).

Tall, conical candlesticks with high, wide base. Pierced inscription: "Lichvod Shabbat VeYom Tov".

The silversmith Hans Jacob Ettlinger studied in the metal department of New Bezalel in 1937-1940 (and presumably even until 1942), which was headed by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert and David Heinz Gumbel. The influence of his teachers is apparent in the modernistic quality of the candlesticks, as well as in the use of Hebrew typography as a decorative element.

Height: 23 cm. Good condition.

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