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Auction 8 · Lot 56
HANGING BRASS SABBATH LAMP Holland, 18th century.
- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- $10,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Overall smooth surface; from cast rod, a canopy bowl with cut out petals forming rim, attached by hook to central fruit form waisted section, from which hangs cast baluster shaft bearing seven-lobed bowl with tapered lower section; below, shaft holds drip bowl with petal rim, from which descends cast ovoid finial. There is an interior division within the lobed bowl to be used when only one wick is lit. H: 805mm. Hooks replaced.
summary
A silver Sabbath lamp of similar style is depicted in Kayser, No. 73, pl. XXXVII.