Openwork backplate surmounted by realistically chased birds, side panels supporting candle-sockets, spanned by a row of 8 oil fonts, the whole set on 4 short supports. H: 200 mm.
AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 23
POLISH BRASS CHANUKAH LAMP.
Openwork backplate surmounted by realistically chased birds, side panels supporting candle-sockets, spanned by a row of 8 oil fonts, the whole set on 4 short supports. H: 200 mm.
18th century
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Singularly scarce form. See IMC, The Stieglitz Collection, no. 176 illus. 1 for a similar example.