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An Italian brass Hanukah lamp, circa 18th century
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- some repairs, lacking one bolt
- bronze
- height 9 7/8 in.
- 25cm
the arched backplate flanked by two columns and centerd with an applied star above a fleur de lis, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts, with servant light
Catalogue Note
For further examples see: Encyclopedia Judaica, col 7, col. 1303, fig A, from the Cecil Roth Collection described as 16th century; Architecture in the Hanukah Lamp, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, December 1978, no. 28, described as 18th century.