PEWTER HANUKKAH LAMP Germany, 20th century

On four cast ball and paw feet, bow front base with parapet, above, shelf upon which rests cst oil row with rectangular troughs; back wall engraved wtih lions rampant with Stars of David upon their crowns, flanking rayed Star of David with central depiction of Hanukkah Menorah, and central Hebrew initials. Top bears winged angels flanking shell finial. Servant light and oil pitcher at sides; drip buckets hang from inverted dolphin spouts beneath oil row, flanking Hebrew inscription. Marked on base. Height: 265mm.

Hebrew inscription on skirt of shelf: "To kindle the lights of Hanukkah." The Catalogue of the Weygang Pewter Manufactures of Oeringen, Germany, dated 1937, includes this lamp. (See p. 58). Two earlier lamps with almost identical engraved decoration are in the collection of the Jewish Museum, New York (F4278 and F105); a similar example can be found in the Israel Museum collection. See also Weinstein, no. 144, p. 127. Another similar example from the Furman collection (inv. No. 87) was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, December 12th, 2000, Lot 17.