The Serque Collection
AN ITALIAN SILVER HANUKAH LAMP, MAKER'S MARK GV, PAPAL STATES, PROBABLY MACERATA, CIRCA 1785
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
AN ITALIAN SILVER HANUKAH LAMP, MAKER'S MARK GV, PAPAL STATES, PROBABLY MACERATA, CIRCA 1785
formed as a boldly embossed and chased baroque cartouche centered by a vase of flowers on matted and scalework grounds, fitted with eight detachable fig-shaped lamps and matching servant light, with later drip-pan, the added drip-pan Venice, late 19th century
marked with the crossed keys and papal tiara, and maker’s mark G. V, cf mark of Giuseppe Vernaccini
height 13 in.
33 cm
Christie’s, New York, October 19, 2001, lot 2
Jay Weinstein, A Collector's Guide to Judaica, London, 1985, pl.XVI, p.112
The maker’s mark, double struck, is in a rounded rectangle, apparently with a pellet between the initials, whereas the mark of Vernaccini is in a rectangle with period between the initials, see Bulgari, Argentieri Gemmari e Orafi d’Italia, part 3, p. 161 mark no. 1861.