Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $400
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. [Morocco-Israel, first half of the 20th century].
Cast, embossed and engraved brass.
The back plate is shaped as a dome supported by a pair of columns, with engraved decorations in vegetal motifs. Engraved at the top of the plate is the inscription "These lights are holy" (Hebrew). Beneath the inscription is a large crown surmounting the Tablets of the Law. The shamash is placed above the tablets.
Length: 21 cm, width: 18.5 cm. The oil fonts and shamash are soldered onto the lamp.
See previous item.
Cast, embossed and engraved brass.
The back plate is shaped as a dome supported by a pair of columns, with engraved decorations in vegetal motifs. Engraved at the top of the plate is the inscription "These lights are holy" (Hebrew). Beneath the inscription is a large crown surmounting the Tablets of the Law. The shamash is placed above the tablets.
Length: 21 cm, width: 18.5 cm. The oil fonts and shamash are soldered onto the lamp.
See previous item.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
Upright Hanukkah lamp made by Michael Ende (b. 1945). Jerusalem, [late 20th century].
Cast silver. Signed by the artist and numbered, 12/36.
Upright lamp with stylized branches, from which hang leaf-shaped pendants. At the bottom of the central column are deer-shaped decorations.
Length: 38.5 cm. Maximum width: 36 cm. Some pendants missing.
Cast silver. Signed by the artist and numbered, 12/36.
Upright lamp with stylized branches, from which hang leaf-shaped pendants. At the bottom of the central column are deer-shaped decorations.
Length: 38.5 cm. Maximum width: 36 cm. Some pendants missing.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp that can also be used as a wall lamp. [Iraq, turn of the 20th century].
Silver.
Upright lamp with eight curved branches arranged in a circle, with oil fonts at their ends. The shamash is positioned at the end of the central column. In the top part of the central column is a screw allowing the lamp branches to be turned by 90 degrees, so the lamp can be hung and used as a wall lamp.
Length: 32 cm, maximum width: ca. 24 cm. Good condition.
Silver.
Upright lamp with eight curved branches arranged in a circle, with oil fonts at their ends. The shamash is positioned at the end of the central column. In the top part of the central column is a screw allowing the lamp branches to be turned by 90 degrees, so the lamp can be hung and used as a wall lamp.
Length: 32 cm, maximum width: ca. 24 cm. Good condition.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $500
Unsold
Shabbat lamp. India (Cochin?), [early 20th century; added wiring from ca. mid-20th century].
Cast brass; sheet copper; electric wires.
A circular Shabbat lamp, with seven spaces for hanging small oil cups. The lamp is suspended with three rods, with loops at their ends that connect to hooks at the base. This lamp was professionally wired and its oil cups replaced by six bulb holders covered by sheet copper cylinders, surmounting special fixtures attached to the lamp with screws and nails. The electric wires extend through the lamp's central ring to the three hollow rods, and from there to a bell-shaped copper fixture at the end of the lamp.
Length: 70 cm, maximum width: 35 cm. Good condition.
See: Orpa Slapak (editor), "The Jews of India - Bene-Israel, Cochin Jews, Baghdadi Jews", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1995, pp. 84-85.
Cast brass; sheet copper; electric wires.
A circular Shabbat lamp, with seven spaces for hanging small oil cups. The lamp is suspended with three rods, with loops at their ends that connect to hooks at the base. This lamp was professionally wired and its oil cups replaced by six bulb holders covered by sheet copper cylinders, surmounting special fixtures attached to the lamp with screws and nails. The electric wires extend through the lamp's central ring to the three hollow rods, and from there to a bell-shaped copper fixture at the end of the lamp.
Length: 70 cm, maximum width: 35 cm. Good condition.
See: Orpa Slapak (editor), "The Jews of India - Bene-Israel, Cochin Jews, Baghdadi Jews", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1995, pp. 84-85.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
Hanging memorial lamp. [Libya (or the vicinity), first decades of the 20th century].
Cut, engraved and punched silver; cast silver.
Made of a silver ring intended for the lighting glass, engraved with the Hebrew inscription "In memory of the wise and learned Eliyahu Luzon…". Soldered onto the central ring are four hangers to which four long chains are attached. At the end of the chains is a dome-shaped hanger.
Length: 40 cm, diameter of central ring: 11 cm. Good condition. Slight defects.
Cut, engraved and punched silver; cast silver.
Made of a silver ring intended for the lighting glass, engraved with the Hebrew inscription "In memory of the wise and learned Eliyahu Luzon…". Soldered onto the central ring are four hangers to which four long chains are attached. At the end of the chains is a dome-shaped hanger.
Length: 40 cm, diameter of central ring: 11 cm. Good condition. Slight defects.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $350
Unsold
Memorial candle - bowl used for lighting. [Probably Egypt, first decades of the 20th century].
Repoussé, engraved and stamped copper.
Large, deep bowl, apparently intended for lighting a memorial candle. The bowl's sides are decorated with vegetal motifs, with a hammered Hebrew dedication: "Louisa Fasi, may her candle always burn". The bottom of the bowl is decorated with four large fowl and impressive floral decorations (judging by the quality of the decorations, the bowl was probably intended for suspension from the ceiling).
Rim diameter: 19.5 cm, height: 7.5 cm. Light fissures. Some corrosion.
See also item 433.
Repoussé, engraved and stamped copper.
Large, deep bowl, apparently intended for lighting a memorial candle. The bowl's sides are decorated with vegetal motifs, with a hammered Hebrew dedication: "Louisa Fasi, may her candle always burn". The bottom of the bowl is decorated with four large fowl and impressive floral decorations (judging by the quality of the decorations, the bowl was probably intended for suspension from the ceiling).
Rim diameter: 19.5 cm, height: 7.5 cm. Light fissures. Some corrosion.
See also item 433.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
September 12, 2017
Opening: $300
Unsold
Holder for a memorial candle. [Morocco / Israel, ca. mid-20th century].
Cast and sawn brass.
A hexagonal, upright holder, serving as a candlestick, with a mechanism for lifting and lowering the holder. Decorated with horseshoe-arches and triangles, designed as a Torah Finial; resembling North African Torah finials.
Length: 24.5 cm, width: 9.5 cm. Lacking the handle for operating the lifting mechanism.
Cast and sawn brass.
A hexagonal, upright holder, serving as a candlestick, with a mechanism for lifting and lowering the holder. Decorated with horseshoe-arches and triangles, designed as a Torah Finial; resembling North African Torah finials.
Length: 24.5 cm, width: 9.5 cm. Lacking the handle for operating the lifting mechanism.
Category
Hanukkah Lamps, Shabbat and Memorial Lamps
Catalogue
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