BRASS HANUKKAH LAMP New York, 1926 - 1941.

Cast brass lamp lamp on rectangular base, which tapers to central knob and rises in the form of the word “Ivriah”, on open support. The tops of the letters support eight round oil cups. A tube rises from the back to support the servant light. The oil cups are probably older. H: 234mm. Slightly bent.

Ivriah, which means “Jewess” in Hebrew, was an American Jewish women’s organization seeking to improve Jewish education for women and children. One of their goals was to fill Jewish homes with ceremonial objects, in accordance with Mordecai M. Kaplans’s statement that “ . . . every available aesthetic means of giving Jewish atmosphere to the home be utilized.” See The Jewish Museum Catalogue, Getting Comfortable in New York-the American Jewish Home (1990) p. 51.