Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
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Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. [Germany or Italy, 17th-18th century].
Cast brass; brass sheet.
Unique and rare artifact. The general shape of the back-plate is triangular with ornamented edges, with open-work, topped with a crowned angel, supported by a pair of fowls. In the center - an oval medallion, supported by two boys and surrounded by a frame with masks on the top and on the lower part. A scene from the story "Hannah and her Seven Sons" is depicted in the medallion: the emperor sits on his throne with his officials and soldiers around him, and at his feet one of Hannah's boys, just before his execution (one soldier raises a sword).
An additional ornamentation appears on top of the back-plate which was, possibly, added later. A row of oblong and pinched oil fonts with a post at the end, holding the Shamash. It is possible that the original row of oil fonts was replaced by the existing one.
A paper label is pasted to the reverse, with the name of the philanthropist and businessman Solomon David Sassoon (1841-1894), father of the famous collector David Solomon Sassoon who lent the Hanukkah Lamp for an exhibition.
Length: 19.5 cm, width (excluding oil fonts): 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Some damages, breaks and old soldering repairs. Shamash is detached. A pinhole for suspension on top of back-plate.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Cast brass; brass sheet.
Unique and rare artifact. The general shape of the back-plate is triangular with ornamented edges, with open-work, topped with a crowned angel, supported by a pair of fowls. In the center - an oval medallion, supported by two boys and surrounded by a frame with masks on the top and on the lower part. A scene from the story "Hannah and her Seven Sons" is depicted in the medallion: the emperor sits on his throne with his officials and soldiers around him, and at his feet one of Hannah's boys, just before his execution (one soldier raises a sword).
An additional ornamentation appears on top of the back-plate which was, possibly, added later. A row of oblong and pinched oil fonts with a post at the end, holding the Shamash. It is possible that the original row of oil fonts was replaced by the existing one.
A paper label is pasted to the reverse, with the name of the philanthropist and businessman Solomon David Sassoon (1841-1894), father of the famous collector David Solomon Sassoon who lent the Hanukkah Lamp for an exhibition.
Length: 19.5 cm, width (excluding oil fonts): 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Some damages, breaks and old soldering repairs. Shamash is detached. A pinhole for suspension on top of back-plate.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $800
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Jerusalem, 19th century].
Punched and repouseé brass sheet.
Four repouseé floral decorations (rosettes) appear on the back-plate, surrounded by a wavy line and dots. The Shamash is attached in the center of the back-plate (folding). Two metal chains - on the left and right side of the Shamash are attached to a protruding semi-circle with eight pierced circles for holding glass vessels.
An important example of early Eretz Israeli folding Hanukkah Lamps which were used by rabbinical emissaries during their travels.
Height: 29.5 cm, length: 29.5 cm, width: 37 cm. Fair condition. Breaks and cracks, old repairs. Corrosion. Whitewash stains. Seven glass vessels.
Literature:
1. Narkiss, "Menorat HaHanukkah", p. 69, plate LVII, item 162.
2. "Menorat HaShadar shel 'Mekubalei Beit El'", in: Omanut Ve-Umanut Be'Eretz Israel Ba-Mea Ha-Tesha Esreh [Arts and Crafts in Eretz Israel in the 19th century (Hebrew)], The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1979, pp. 34-37 (plate 15).
3. Kostbarkeiten aus dem Heiligen Land (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1996), p. 27.
Punched and repouseé brass sheet.
Four repouseé floral decorations (rosettes) appear on the back-plate, surrounded by a wavy line and dots. The Shamash is attached in the center of the back-plate (folding). Two metal chains - on the left and right side of the Shamash are attached to a protruding semi-circle with eight pierced circles for holding glass vessels.
An important example of early Eretz Israeli folding Hanukkah Lamps which were used by rabbinical emissaries during their travels.
Height: 29.5 cm, length: 29.5 cm, width: 37 cm. Fair condition. Breaks and cracks, old repairs. Corrosion. Whitewash stains. Seven glass vessels.
Literature:
1. Narkiss, "Menorat HaHanukkah", p. 69, plate LVII, item 162.
2. "Menorat HaShadar shel 'Mekubalei Beit El'", in: Omanut Ve-Umanut Be'Eretz Israel Ba-Mea Ha-Tesha Esreh [Arts and Crafts in Eretz Israel in the 19th century (Hebrew)], The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1979, pp. 34-37 (plate 15).
3. Kostbarkeiten aus dem Heiligen Land (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1996), p. 27.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $800
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp with side plates. [Holland, 18th century].
Brass sheet, repouseé, pierced, folded and punched; cast brass.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate and side plates. Surface of backplate and side plates is decorated with vegetal patterns in high relief. Oil fonts are hanging on the backplate. Shamash is soldered in the center of right-side plate. Catch basin for dripping oil.
Height: 23 cm, max. width: 27 cm, depth: 8 cm. Good-fair condition. Some breaks and bends.
Literature: M. Narkiss, Menorat HaHanukkah, Jerusalem, 1939, pp. 54-56.
Brass sheet, repouseé, pierced, folded and punched; cast brass.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate and side plates. Surface of backplate and side plates is decorated with vegetal patterns in high relief. Oil fonts are hanging on the backplate. Shamash is soldered in the center of right-side plate. Catch basin for dripping oil.
Height: 23 cm, max. width: 27 cm, depth: 8 cm. Good-fair condition. Some breaks and bends.
Literature: M. Narkiss, Menorat HaHanukkah, Jerusalem, 1939, pp. 54-56.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $800
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Holland, 18th century].
Brass sheet, repouseé, pierced, folded and punched; cast brass.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate, arched, in the center of which appears a high-relief image of a heart, surrounded by a multi-leaves image. At margin of backplate appear high-relief balls. Shamash soldered to the right side of backplate. Catch basin for dripping oil. Oil fonts are hanging on bumps on the backplate.
Height: 18.5 cm, max. width: 23 cm, depth: 6.5 cm. Fair condition. Breaks to left side of lamp, some bends.
Literature:
1. M. Narkiss, Menorat HaHanukkah, Jerusalem, 1939, pp.54-56.
2. Mane Katz Museum, Menorot Hanukkah, Haifa, 1995, p. 31.
Brass sheet, repouseé, pierced, folded and punched; cast brass.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate, arched, in the center of which appears a high-relief image of a heart, surrounded by a multi-leaves image. At margin of backplate appear high-relief balls. Shamash soldered to the right side of backplate. Catch basin for dripping oil. Oil fonts are hanging on bumps on the backplate.
Height: 18.5 cm, max. width: 23 cm, depth: 6.5 cm. Fair condition. Breaks to left side of lamp, some bends.
Literature:
1. M. Narkiss, Menorat HaHanukkah, Jerusalem, 1939, pp.54-56.
2. Mane Katz Museum, Menorot Hanukkah, Haifa, 1995, p. 31.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp used also as a wall lamp. Iraq, [turn of the 19th - 20th century].
Silver (not marked).
Upright Hanukkah lamp with eight hooked arms arranged in a circle with oil fonts at their ends. Shamash appears on top of the central arm.
On top of the central arm - a screw permitting tilting the lamp's arm to a 90 degrees angle which makes it possible to hang it on a wall and use it as a wall lamp.
Height: 30.5 cm, max. width: approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Bends.
Silver (not marked).
Upright Hanukkah lamp with eight hooked arms arranged in a circle with oil fonts at their ends. Shamash appears on top of the central arm.
On top of the central arm - a screw permitting tilting the lamp's arm to a 90 degrees angle which makes it possible to hang it on a wall and use it as a wall lamp.
Height: 30.5 cm, max. width: approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Bends.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $500
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. Iraq (or India), [early 20th century].
Cast and cut silver.
Backplate consists of three silver strips attached to each other, creating a triangle. At the upper tip of the triangle - the Shamash. Another strip is attached to the lower strip, shaped as a semi-circle (removable) to which eight cylindrical oil fonts are attached. By each of the oil fonts is a tube with a removable hanger for a glass cup.
Height: 20.5 cm, max. width: 47 cm, max. length: 23 cm. Good condition.
Cast and cut silver.
Backplate consists of three silver strips attached to each other, creating a triangle. At the upper tip of the triangle - the Shamash. Another strip is attached to the lower strip, shaped as a semi-circle (removable) to which eight cylindrical oil fonts are attached. By each of the oil fonts is a tube with a removable hanger for a glass cup.
Height: 20.5 cm, max. width: 47 cm, max. length: 23 cm. Good condition.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. Austro-Hungary, [2nd half of 19th century].
Silver (marked, silver marks are not clear), cast, repouseé and cut.
Hanukkah lamp shaped as a bench with four legs. On the side panel - Tablets of the Law (blank), supported by two lions with a double tail. A Torah Crown on top.
The lions and crown ornamentations are attached with screws.
Length: 19 cm, width: 20.5 cm. Good condition. Missing Shamash.
Silver (marked, silver marks are not clear), cast, repouseé and cut.
Hanukkah lamp shaped as a bench with four legs. On the side panel - Tablets of the Law (blank), supported by two lions with a double tail. A Torah Crown on top.
The lions and crown ornamentations are attached with screws.
Length: 19 cm, width: 20.5 cm. Good condition. Missing Shamash.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $300
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Eastern Galicia or Western Ukraine, late 19th or early 20th century].
Cast brass.
In the center of the backplate - a seven-branched Menorah, supported by a pair of lions, and topped by a double-headed eagle. On the left and on the right side are two columns topped with vases with branches and birds.
Height: 20 cm, width: 20 cm. Fair condition. Corrosion, some breaks. No side panels and no Shamash.
Literature: Luminous Art, Hanukkah Menorahs of The Jewish Museum, Susan L. Braunstein, The Jewish Museum, New-York, 2004, p. 140, item 62.
Cast brass.
In the center of the backplate - a seven-branched Menorah, supported by a pair of lions, and topped by a double-headed eagle. On the left and on the right side are two columns topped with vases with branches and birds.
Height: 20 cm, width: 20 cm. Fair condition. Corrosion, some breaks. No side panels and no Shamash.
Literature: Luminous Art, Hanukkah Menorahs of The Jewish Museum, Susan L. Braunstein, The Jewish Museum, New-York, 2004, p. 140, item 62.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $350
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Morocco? First decades of 20th century].
Brass sheet, cut and bent.
Folk art Hanukkah lamp, for hanging on a wall. Attached to the backplate are four square oil fonts with pinched ends. Each oil font serves for lighting two wicks. The Shamash is positioned on top of the backplate.
Length: 23 cm, max. width: 26 cm. Fair condition. Bends, some breaks, wear and corrosion.
Brass sheet, cut and bent.
Folk art Hanukkah lamp, for hanging on a wall. Attached to the backplate are four square oil fonts with pinched ends. Each oil font serves for lighting two wicks. The Shamash is positioned on top of the backplate.
Length: 23 cm, max. width: 26 cm. Fair condition. Bends, some breaks, wear and corrosion.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Small Hanukkah lamp. [North Africa, 19th century].
Brass sheet, cut, punched and engraved; cast brass.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate shaped as an arch, ornamented with vegetal and geometric patterns. Catch basin for dripping oil. Cast oil fonts with two spouts, hanging on bulges attached to backplate. An opening for Shamash in the center of backplate (Shamash missing).
Height: 18 cm, max. width: 14 cm, max. depth: 6.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Breaks and bends, Shamash missing.
Brass sheet, cut, punched and engraved; cast brass.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate shaped as an arch, ornamented with vegetal and geometric patterns. Catch basin for dripping oil. Cast oil fonts with two spouts, hanging on bulges attached to backplate. An opening for Shamash in the center of backplate (Shamash missing).
Height: 18 cm, max. width: 14 cm, max. depth: 6.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Breaks and bends, Shamash missing.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $500
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [North Africa, late 19th or early 20th century].
Brass sheet, cut, engraved and embossed.
Lamp with backplate and side plates attached with screws (screws are of a later period). Surface of plate is decorated with vegetal and geometric patterns. In the center of backplate - decoration shaped as a Rosette. Catch basin for dripping oil. Elevated row of pinched oil fonts. Shamash is attached with a screw to backplate.
Height: 27 cm, max. width: 22 cm, max. depth: 7.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Some breaks, bends. Corrosion. Screws of a later period.
Brass sheet, cut, engraved and embossed.
Lamp with backplate and side plates attached with screws (screws are of a later period). Surface of plate is decorated with vegetal and geometric patterns. In the center of backplate - decoration shaped as a Rosette. Catch basin for dripping oil. Elevated row of pinched oil fonts. Shamash is attached with a screw to backplate.
Height: 27 cm, max. width: 22 cm, max. depth: 7.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Some breaks, bends. Corrosion. Screws of a later period.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
July 12, 2016
Opening: $500
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Morocco, late 19th or early 20th century].
Cut brass sheet, engraved and pierced.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate and side plates. In the center of the backplate - a high-relief image of a Star of David. Side plates are cut depicting images of birds and horseshoe-arches. Surface of side plates is decorated with vegetal patterns. Catch basin for dripping oil. Elevated oil fonts (reclining on two openings in the backplate). Opening for Shamash in the center of backplate.
Height: 26.5 cm, width: 26.5 cm, max. depth: 8 cm. Good condition. Shamash missing, one oil font hook missing, soldering repairs.
Cut brass sheet, engraved and pierced.
Lamp for hanging, with backplate and side plates. In the center of the backplate - a high-relief image of a Star of David. Side plates are cut depicting images of birds and horseshoe-arches. Surface of side plates is decorated with vegetal patterns. Catch basin for dripping oil. Elevated oil fonts (reclining on two openings in the backplate). Opening for Shamash in the center of backplate.
Height: 26.5 cm, width: 26.5 cm, max. depth: 8 cm. Good condition. Shamash missing, one oil font hook missing, soldering repairs.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue