Bidspirit auction | A SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP.


A SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. - Germany or Poland, c. 1790 - 1810. Formed as an elongated oval tray with a pierced border. Susan Braunstein illustrates a similar lamp and then references two other known examples - one with a Prussian tax stamp from 1809 and a second with a late 18th century Furth silver hallmark. (''Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum'', no. 183, page 242) 12'' long.