Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
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Sheet brass, repoussé and punched; cast brass.
Scalloped arch-shaped back plate, decorated in high relief bosses – hemispheres, hearts, and floral and sun-shaped ornaments, the latter with droplet-like rays, influenced by decorative elements on Dutch Hanukkah lamps. Additional, minute decorations (dots, circles, stripes) punched between bosses. Sheet brass servant light surmounting heart-shaped boss at center. Row of oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks, floating above drip pan, attached to back plate. Front of drip pan also decorated. Hole for suspension hook.
Height: 26.5 cm. Width: 26 cm. Good condition.
Reference: North African Lights, item no. 17.
Sheet brass, repoussé and punched; cast brass.
Back plate in form of gently tapering arch. Decorations influenced by decorative elements on Dutch Hanukkah lamps, including hemispherical bosses in high relief and, in center, upside-down heart boss. Surface densely and entirely covered with vegetal and geometric patterns. Row of oil fonts with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks, floating above drip pan, attached to back plate, near bottom. Servant light attached to back plate in center, just below apex. Suspension loop.
Height: 31 cm. Width: 25.5 cm. Good condition. Evidence of soldering.
Reference: North African Lights, item no. 26; items nos. 12-19.
Brass, cast, chased.
Architectural back plate, arched, openwork. Underneath apex, where servant light belongs, floral element surmounted by horseshoe-arched gate. Two pairs of birds project toward apex. Pair of vase-like columns project upward from lower portion of back plate, on either side. Lower portion of back plate decorated with two rows of tapering arches, alternating with row of trapezoidal shapes between them, and row of half-moon shapes above them. Suspension ring with trifoliate clover-like ornament.
Height: 41 cm. Width: 25.5 cm. Good condition. No servant light.
References: North African Lights, item no. 36 (from the Stieglitz Collection); The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art, item no. 175 (lacking chased decorations).
Brass, cast.
Back plate: openwork, with row of three horseshoe arches, large, central flower, and row of halfmoons. (please refer also to next item, and item no. 21).
Height: 18.5 cm. Width: 21 cm. Good condition. Row of oil fonts possibly later.
References: North African Lights, item no. 30; The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art, item no. 173; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. VII, item no. 22.
Brass, cast.
Back plate: openwork, with row of three horseshoe arches, large, central flower, and row of half-moons. Pair of birds project from either side of upper part of back plate. Additional bird surmounts apex of suspension ring surmounting center of back plate. (please refer also to previous item, and item no. 21).
Height: 23 cm. Width: 17 cm. Good condition. No servant light.
References: North African Lights, item no. 30; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. VII, item no. 22.
Brass, cast.
Back plate: openwork, with row of four horseshoe arches at bottom, and additional horseshoe arch in center above this row. Projecting image of bird surmounts apex of suspension ring which in turn surmounts "window" in shape of four-petaled flower, situated above servant light attached to upper middle of back plate. Row of oil fonts consisting of four square pans, each with two pinched, pointed spouts for wicks (i.e., two lights per pan). Hebrew inscription (somewhat faded) on "windowsill" above oil fonts: "For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life" (Proverbs 6:23). Hook – apparently for holding candlestick – attached with copper rivets to middle of lower back plate between two pairs of "windows" in row of horseshoe arches (please refer also to item no. 21).
Height: 22.5 cm. Width: 12.5 cm. Good condition.
References: North African Lights, item no. 28; The Hanukkah Lamp, pl. XIV, item no. 39.
Brass, cast / cast and punched.
Both lamps with back plate in openwork, with slender tendrils, surmounted by trifoliate clover-like ornament. In both, row of oil fonts consists of four square pans, each with two pinched, pointed spouts for wicks (i.e., two lights per pan). In the opinion of Mordechai Narkiss, the archetype for this design of Hanukkah lamp hails back to 15th-century Sicily.
1. Product of early sand casting. Probable origin: Demnat (Demnate). Height: 15 cm. Width: 13 cm. Good condition.
2. Punched with circlet patterns. Probable origin: Rissani. Height: 12.5 cm. Width: 13 cm. No servant light. Good condition. Fractures.
References: North African Lights, items nos. 71-78.
Three Hanukkah lamps, products of folk art, made from sheet metal. In all three, servant light located in upper third of back plate. All have row of oil fonts consisting of four square pans, each for two wicks (i.e., two lights per pan). In Lamp no. 1, oil fonts attached with rivets, in no. 2 soldered, and in no. 3 suspended from hooks inserted into slots made for purpose.
1. Sheet aluminum, cut and shaped; rivets. Cut ornaments, all riveted to surmount back plate: Star of David (above apex), and symmetrical pair of birds (please refer to Hanukkah lamp of similar design, item no. 9.) Suspension hole.
2. Sheet tin, cut and shaped. Back plate in form of trimmed arch, surmounted by fan-shaped ornament with suspension hole. Right quarter of back plate made from separate piece of sheet metal.
Reference: North African Lights, items nos. 79-81.
3. Tin sheet, cut, shaped, and pressed. Back plate in shape of circle.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Warping and rust.
Brass, cast and engraved; rivets.
Pair of memorial candlesticks for display on wall. Back plate: openwork decorated with row of three horseshoe arches above row of four half-moons; large central flower surmounted by four-petaled-flower-like ornament. Back plate flanked by pair of removable candlesticks, projecting forward. Back plate reminiscent of those of Hanukkah lamps from Sefrou (please refer also to item nos. 16-18).
References: The Paul Dahan Collection, CCJM, item no. 23149; Jewish Life in Morocco, item no. 49.
Height: 20 cm. Width: 14 cm. Good condition.
Sabbath oil lamp / Memorial oil lamp for woman ("kandil"). Morocco, [probably Marrakesh or Meknès], [early 20th century].
Sheet brass, cut and engraved.
Scalloped back plate. Dedicatory Hebrew inscription (using customary abbreviation): "To the eternal rest of the woman, the late Mira, may her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life." Suspension ring.
Height: 14.5 cm. Width: 21.5 cm. Good condition. No drip pan.
Reference: Jewish Life in Morocco, p. 45.
In Morocco, it was customary to light Shabbat and holiday candles at home using a ritual lamp known as a "kandil." After a woman's death, on the first anniversary of her passing, the lamps would be donated to the synagogue with an engraved dedication bearing the woman's name. Maintenance of the candles and wicks was the responsibility of the family.
Sabbath oil lamp / Memorial oil lamp for woman ("kandil"). Morocco, [probably Marrakesh or Meknès], [early 20th century].
Sheet brass, cut, repoussé, punched, and engraved.
Scalloped back plate. Dedicatory Hebrew inscription. Suspension ring.
Height: 21 cm. Width: 18.5 cm. Good condition. No drip pan.
Reference: Jewish Life in Morocco, p. 45.
In Morocco, it was customary to light Shabbat and holiday candles at home using a ritual lamp known as a "kandil." After a woman's death, on the first anniversary of her passing, the lamps would be donated to the synagogue with an engraved dedication bearing the woman's name. Maintenance of the candles and wicks was the responsibility of the family.
Sabbath oil lamp ("kandil"). Morocco, [ca. 1939].
Sheet brass, cut, punched, and engraved; coins; rivets.
Rectangular back plate with large circular decoration reminiscent of rose window, filling most of surface. Moroccan coin at center. Hebrew inscription in upper part, above "rose window": "In Honor of the Sabbath." Inscription flanked by two additional coins (one minted in 1939) riveted to back plate. Oil pan also decorated, and positioned atop cylinder enclosing additional cylinder, in turn secured to drip pan.
Height: 15.5 cm. Width: 16 cm. Good condition.
Reference: Jewish Life in Morocco, p. 45.
In Morocco, it was customary to light Shabbat and holiday candles at home using a ritual lamp known as a "kandil." After a woman's death, on the first anniversary of her passing, the lamps would be donated to the synagogue with an engraved dedication bearing the woman's name. Maintenance of the candles and wicks was the responsibility of the family.