Auction 24 · Lot 340
Trefoil loop, bulbous shaft with five cast swirl and bead ornaments near top; near base, five candleholders on S-form arms atop 5 pointed star form oil container; drip bowl hangs from base of shaft. H: 500mm.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $1,700
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
BRONZE HANGING SABBATH LAMP (JUDENSTERN).
Probably Germany, 18th or 19th century.
summary
For a visually historic context of this classical lamp, see Moritz Oppenheim’s imagery in his Bilder aus dem Altjüdischen Familien-leben: Plate IX: Sabbath Nachmitag; and with the lamp splendidly lit, Plate XIII: Der Oster-Abend. See also Berlin Jewish Mueum catalogue (1989), No. 198, p. 299.