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Auction 2 · Lot 32
CONTINENTAL SILVER CHANUKAH LAMP.
- Estimate
- $25,000–$30,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
circa 1900
Description
cf. K. Schwarz, Die Juden in der Kunst (1928) pl. opp. p. 78. In the form of a terrifying and fantastic winged beast. Feathered body terminating in fish’s tail, rising into eight-headed open-mouthed candleholders. Set on two large paw and claw supports. Lacking base and servant light. H: 195 mm, L: 210 mm. Unmarked.
summary
Later cast of a 19th century model.
The only prior appearance of this extraordinary lamp at auction in recent years was an earlier example, see: Sotheby’s, Jewellery and Judaica, Tel Aviv, 27th April 1989, lot 574. Although this was found with the servant-light, it too lacked the base.
Narkiss (no. 174) depicts a lamp of this design that similarly lacks the servant-light. His attribution of date is erroneous.