GERMAN / POLISH (?) SILVER CHANUKAH LAMP.
AUCTION 68 |
Thursday, April 07th,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 4
GERMAN / POLISH (?) SILVER CHANUKAH LAMP.
Mid-19th century
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
The griffin motif borrows from Greek and Roman design vocabulary.
For a similar example of a winged griffin backplate Chanukah lamp, see S. Braunstein, Five Centuries of Hanukkah Lamps from the Jewish Museum, New York (2004) p. 351.