Lot 97
  • 97

A German Pewter Hanukah Lamp, Probably Early 19th Century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • height 10 1/4 in. (26cm)
the backplate tooled with a flower spray and pricked with Hebrew initials and surmounted by winged figures flanking a shell, detachable rack of oil fonts above dolphin form spigots, serpentine fronted vase, detachable servant light and pail, maker's mark only struck twice GS or CS above a figure in a heart

Condition

repair to shell at top, split in side, one item broken off side
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