The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure | Part I
The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure | Part I
A Galician Parcel-Gilt Silver Large Hanukkah Lamp, Zitomer (modern Ukraine), 1865
Auction Closed
December 15, 09:26 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Galician Parcel-Gilt Silver Large Hanukkah Lamp, Zitomer (modern Ukraine), 1865
the backplate formed as a temple with column supports flanking hands of Cohen, openwork cresting of birds, scrollwork and foliage, matched on the side pieces, the base applied with two columns supporting bases from which spring lanterns, lamps in the form of lions, marked on front and backplate
Height 13¾in. (35 cm)
When the historically Jewish city of Zhitomir became Russian with the partition of Poland in 1778 it was already a center of the Hasidic movement. By 1861 it had 13,299 Jews in a population of about 40,000, and possessed a large synagogue as well as 26 smaller ones. The Russian administration considered Zhitomir as the Jewish "capital" of southwestern Russia, allowing the printing of Hebrew books here when restricted elsewhere in the mid 19th century, and trying in 1848 to set up an "official" rabbinical school.