Trefoil loop, bulbous shaft with cast swirl and bead ornaments near top; near base, candleholders on S-form arms atop 5 pointed star-form oil container; drip bowl hangs from base of shaft. Length: 25 inches.
AUCTION 32 |
Thursday, March 23rd,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Lot 374
BRONZE HANGING SABBATH LAMP (JUDENSTERN).
Probably Germany, 18th or 19th century.
Trefoil loop, bulbous shaft with cast swirl and bead ornaments near top; near base, candleholders on S-form arms atop 5 pointed star-form oil container; drip bowl hangs from base of shaft. Length: 25 inches.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
For a visually historic context of this classical lamp, see Moritz Oppenheim’s imagery in his Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familien-leben: Plate IX: Sabbath Nachmitag; and with the lamp splendidly lit, Plate XIII: Der Oster-Abend. See also Berlin Jewish Mueum catalogue (1989), No. 198, p. 299.