Menorah form, domed base, tubular shaft; on either side, four semi-circular arms, each topped by tapered candleholders linked by leaf forms. Marked on base. H: 230mm. No servant light.
AUCTION 9 |
Tuesday, March 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 17
WITHDRAWN SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP.
Austro-Hungary, 1866 - 1922.
Menorah form, domed base, tubular shaft; on either side, four semi-circular arms, each topped by tapered candleholders linked by leaf forms. Marked on base. H: 230mm. No servant light.
Est: $500 - $800
A significant attachment to the lamp is the tag of The Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR), an organization “founded in 1947, in New York... to deal with plundered Jewish property... recovered from the Nazis by the U. S. government.” (EJ X, col.49)