Lot 10
Hanukkah Lamp with Canopy and Columns – Marrakesh
Hanukkah lamp. Marrakesh, Morocco, [early 20th century].
Sheet brass, cut, engraved, and punched; copper rivets.
Back plate decorated with vegetal patterns, Star of David, eight hemispherical bosses, and a row of tapering, pointed arches. Canopy – projecting frontward and supported by pair of columns riveted to back plate – overhangs lamp. Canopy and side panels decorated with vegetal patterns. Row of rectangular oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks, fastened to back plate with two copper rivets. Servant light soldered onto backplate toward top, in middle of Star of David. Suspension hole.
Height: 32 cm. Width: 26 cm. Good condition. Minor soldering repairs.
Reference: North African Lights, items nos. 40-42.
