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Auction 13 · Lot 5
SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP. Austro-Hungary, ca. 1890.
- Estimate
- $4,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
On four cast floral openwork feet, smooth base with skirted front. Back wall bears two lions rampant supporting framed Decalogue, framed by floral border. Above, architectural border topped by coronet. Oil row, consisting of separate element featuring urn form cups wtih bobeches on flat strip, supported by semi-circular legs, with tubular thumbpiece at front; secured by two prongs rising from base. Servant light slides into channel at viewer's right. Marked on front. H: 255mm. Lacking sidepieces. One bobeche replaced.
summary
For a similar lamp, see Kestenbaum & Company, Sale XI, November 28th, 2000, Lot 271.