A SILVER HANUKAH LAMP, POSSIBLY GERMAN 18TH CENTURY, BEARING MARKS FOR RÖTGER HERFURTH, FRANKFURT
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November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A SILVER HANUKAH LAMP, POSSIBLY GERMAN 18TH CENTURY, BEARING MARKS FOR RÖTGER HERFURTH, FRANKFURT
chest-form with hinged cover and lion rampant feet, with rectangular servant light with flag
marked inside body, on cover, and servant light
length 6 in.
15.2 cm
Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue
Please note that the Guarantee line for this lot should read, "A silver Hanukah lamp, possibly German 18th century, bearing marks for Rotger Herfurth, Frankfurt."
A similar lamp, formerly in the Zagayski Collection, was in the Furman Collection, JAF no. 103, Treasures of Jewish Art, pp. 182-3. Another by Balthazar Leschorn?, also Frankfurt, is in the Jewish Museum, New York. See Susan Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum, p. 235, no. 155.