Bidspirit auction | A RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER

A RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER SABBATH LAMP. Italy - Lobed and fluted baluster shape. |The body consists of a ten-pointed star suspended from chains, decorated with shell and leaf designs. The matching drip basin is engraved with a laver andhung from a matching canopy by openwork links with metal rings. Inscribed in Hebrew with period dedication. Marked on body and on drip basin with ”ZP” conjoined G with fleur de lys between for public assayer Zuan Piero Grappiglia (Piero Pazzi 1992, no. 481) active 1758-1802. The canopy and drip basin also with maker's mark ZF flower between twice, (cf. Piero Pazzi 1992 no. 463 or 464) all three parts with Venice San Marco mark several times, some of the chain links with Venice mark, some with maker's mark MPK and Venice mark for circa 1805.silverdiameter 14 3/4 in.Provenance: A TREASURED LEGACY:STEINHARDT. Lot 110, April 29, 2013. Sotheby's New York.