Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection
Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection
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
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."