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A Dutch silver hanging Sabbath lamp, Hendrik Swierinck, Amsterdam, 1756
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- fully marked on the lamp, maker's mark and lion rampant on canopy and drip pan, Dutch ax control mark on all parts except links and hook
- silver
- height 42 3/4 in.
- 108.5 cm
in six parts, the seven-spouted lamp suspended by a distance piece from a basket-form canopy, pierced with formal foliage and applied with a rococo rim of shell and scrollwork, the rim repeated on the drip pan, with fluted drop-shaped finial, the connecting rods with molded borders
Condition
Sign of some straightening and recent polishing, overall good and complete
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Hanging Sabbath lamps were such an established feature of Dutch Jewish life that one was carefully illustrated by Bernard Picart in his Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde, Amsterdam, 1723-38, both individually and as part of the Passover Seder scene. A similar example by Michiel Deriée, The Hague, 1764 is in the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam; for an example by Hendrik Nieuwenhuys, Amsterdam, 1780, see Sotheby's New York, December 13, 2006, lot 87.
Comparable shell and scrollwork appear on two salvers also by Hendrik Swierinck, 1758, in the collection of the Amsterdam Historical Museum, catalogue No.68 and No. 69, pp. 165, 166.