SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
SASSOON: A Golden Legacy
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT HANUKAH LAMP, MAKER'S MARK NS, FRANKFURT, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
December 17, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT HANUKAH LAMP, MAKER'S MARK NS, FRANKFURT, LATE 18TH CENTURY
the backplate punch-beaded with a menorah flanked by rampant lions below a crown, the lamp cover chased with rococo scrollwork spreading from a flower, on four lion rampant feet matched on the box-form servant light, the front engraved in the mid 19th century with the Sassoon crest and motto
marked on cover and backplate
length 5 1/2 in.
14 cm
Probably Reuben David Sassoon (1834-1905), to his great-niece and sister-in-law
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
Flora Gubbay, Mrs. Solomon David Sassoon (1856-1936), to her son
David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942), to his son
Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon of Letchworth (1915-1985), and by descent
London, 1906: Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, November 7 to December 16, no. 168, lent by Mrs. S.D. Sassoon.