Lot 281
  • 281

Polish silver filigree Hanukah lamp, mid 19th century

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • length 15 in.
  • 38 cm.
of Baal Shem Tov type, the backplate centered by doors opening to a parchment Decalogue, flanked by columns topped by griffons, all below a crown topped by a bird, fitted with ewer-form oil fonts and with two detachable candle branches, gilt brass backplate, marked on base panel with 12 and running stag.

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's New York, December 2007, lot 19. 

Condition

Minor losses to filigree, parchment with rubbed lettering from ?moisture, griffins possibly later.
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