Lot 23
  • 23

A Polish silver filigree Baal Shem Tov Hanukah lamp, mid 19th century

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on plate 12 and with berry mark
  • Silver
  • height 10 3/4 in.
  • 27.3cm
of typical form, the backplate applied with columns flanking a doored compartment, topped by a crown and with bird finials, the ewer-form lamps on a lozenge-engraved plate, the back engraved with squares

Condition

lacks servant light, fonts lack all but one wick holder
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