Auction 59 · Lot 100
DUTCH SILVER SABBATH HANGING LAMP.
- Estimate
- $25,000–$30,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
19th-century
Description
Hand wrought and repoussé design throughout. Cast hook from which hangs a large crown pierced with floral bouquets above a bulbous decorative sphere, from which the six light oil container is suspended, with matching drip bowl beneath and further hung with large acorn weight. Apparently unmarked. Height: 36 inches.
summary
A Sabbath Lamp in the classic 18th century Judenstern manner.
For a very similar Dutch silver Sabbath hanging lamp of the 18th century, see S. Kayser, Jewish Ceremonial Art (1959) no. 73.