Lot 45
  • 45

A German silver Hanukah lamp, Friedrich Wilhelm Holtzapfel, Hanau, circa 1800

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base with maker's mark and city mark, the latter repeated on the back panel, side and servant light with later French control marks
  • Silver
  • height 5 in.
  • 12.7cm
the box form lamp compartment with hinged cover tooled in grid design, on four cast scroll feet, the arched backplate engraved with a menorah in bright-cut oval, the servant light support modeled in the form of a hand

Condition

good condition, nice
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