Auction 35 · Lot 312
EXEMPLARY SILVER CHANUKAH LAMP ON WOODEN BASE.
- Estimate
- $7,000–$9,000
- Hammer price
- $6,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Probably Desden
Description
Two cylindrical pillars support arched gate centered by engraved disk and surmounted by lintel consisting of eight-sectioned box topped by lid with eight wick holes. Front of linted engraved with swirls; disk bears depiction of Temple Menorah. Boat-form servant light with central mast bearing pennant slides into channel at right of lintel. Marked at upper left. (Rosenberg II, no. 1706). Height of lamp: 5 3/4”. Including base: 6 3/4”
summary
See Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection (1987) no.139, p. 184, for very similar example. Another example, albeit with the mast at the center, can be seen in R.D. Barnett, Jewish Museum (London) Catalogue (1974), number 269, pl. LXXXVII.

