Lot 81
  • 81

A BEZALEL SILVER HANUKAH LAMP, JERUSALEM, CIRCA 1920 |

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on top Bezalel Jerusalem
  • length 8 in.
  • 20.3 cm
decorated with applied filigree, the backplate etched with two priests, with serpent-head lamps, flanked by columns set with carnelian stones, with two fixed candle holders

Condition

Good condition.
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Catalogue Note

A similar lamp is illustrated and discussed by Susan L. Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum, no. 80 p. 172.