Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection

Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection

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A POLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND FILIGREE 'BAAL SHEM TOV' HANUKAH LAMP, UNCLEAR ITALIC MAKER'S MARK, CIRCA 1830-40

Auction Closed

November 20, 08:47 PM GMT

Estimate

9,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A POLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND FILIGREE 'BAAL SHEM TOV' HANUKAH LAMP, UNCLEAR ITALIC MAKER'S MARK, CIRCA 1830-40


shaped backplate centered by a double-headed eagle in oval cartouche, flanked by pillars crowned with birds, below a crown with floral cluster knop, the galleried front set with eight pitcher-form oil receptacles, also fitted with two servant lights, with brass backplate, scroll supports, minor alterations

length 11 in.

28 cm

Please note The maker is not I. Szekeman. Unclear italic maker's mark, circa 1830-40. However this is the lamp pictured in Jay Weinstein, A Collector's Guide to Judaica.

Sotheby's, New York, June 23, 1983, lot 444

Jay Weinstein,  A Collectors' Guide to Judaica, 1985, p. 135, no. 173, who notes "... Elements of Rococo, Classical and folk art are combined in a pleasing mélange."