Auction 32 · Lot 372
SILVER CHANUKAH LAMP Frankfurt, late 18th century
- Estimate
- $9,000–$12,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Bench lamp and on four feet (consisting of cast lions on hemispheres). Oil box with troughs and lid with diapered surface. Back wall consists of central oval convex section with embossed and engraved depiction of Synagogue Menorah; at either side, lion rampant; at top, crown. H: 7 1.2”. Marked. (R2-2016). Repaired
summary
A classic Frankfurt Lamp.
For for another lamp by the same master, Roetger Herfurth, see Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection (1987) no.137, pp. 182-3