Lot 79
  • 79

A German silver hanukah lamp, Rotger (Rudiger) Herfurth, Frankfurt-am-Main, circa 1760

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • height 6 3/4 in. (17.2cm)
the rococo cartouche-form back plate crowned and chased with a menorah flanked by lions rampant, the hinged cover of the lamp compartment engraved with lattice, the side mounted with a lion rampant holding a servant light, all on four lion rampant and domed feet, fully marked

Provenance

Jacob Michael
Mrs. Rebecca Davidowitz
Parke-Bernet, New York, March 31, 1954, lot 321

Exhibited

Detroit, 1992: Feast of Lights, Janice Charach-Epstein Museum, West Bloomfield, December.

Literature

Dr. Vivian Mann, "The Golden Age of Ceremonial Art in Frankfurt," Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, New York, 1986.

Condition

left lion supporter on backplate has lost his tail, otherwise good
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