A GERMAN SILVER-GILT HANUKAH LAMP, MAKER'S MARK NS, FRANKFURT, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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