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A GERMAN SILVER WINGED HYDRA-FORM HANUKAH LAMP
Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- maker's mark C.L above E, town mark G below 12 divided by a bend.
- silver
- height overall 12 1/2 in.
- 31.7 cm
on triform base chased with plants with two clawed foot supports, the body with eight monster mouth sconces, the upraised tail supporting the servant light with pennant.
Literature
A similar example was offered in Sotheby's Tel-Aviv April 27, 1989, lot 574. For another example see M. Narkiss, The Hanukkah Lamp, Jerusalem 1939, p. 81, pl. 174.
Catalogue Note
These marks are listed by Marc Rosenberg nos. 9598/9599 as unknown, but relate to those shown for Altenburg.