Marked “MS” at top. Length: 10.5 inches (27 cm).

Matheus Städlein, working 1716-35, made several fine items of Jewish ritual silver. <<Judaica by Städlein are most uncommon to appear at auction. >> Judaica by Städlein listed in the catalogue of the Germanisches National Museum: A Havdalah Compendium, presently in The Jewish Museum, London; a Chanukah Lamp, in The Jewish Museum, New York; a Torah Crown, in the Jüdisches Museum Franken, Fürth; and a Torah Shield, formerly in the Steinhardt Collection (sold Sotheby's, New York, April 29, 2013, lot 99). A detail of the "MS" hallmark for this maker is illustrated and described in: Susan L. Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum, a Catalogue Raisonne