IMPORTANT SILVER HANGING SABBATH LAMP Venice, before 1811
AUCTION 7 |
Tuesday, June 22nd,
1999 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 95
BRASS HANGING SABBATH LAMP
Cochin, India, ca. 1900
IMPORTANT SILVER HANGING SABBATH LAMP
Venice, before 1811
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
PRICE REALIZED $10,000
Silver Sabbath lamps of this type were used by both Sephardi and Ashkenazi families. The form is based on the medieval German bronze Sabbath lamp, known as the “Judenstern,” which has a star-form oil container. Many Sephardi lamps were made with oil containers in bowl form. In Venice, where Jews of both rites lived, an elegant lamp such as this could have been used in either community.
See Kayser, p. 73; and Barnett, no. 379