Auction 42 - Rare and Important Items

Ceramic Hanukkah Lamp – Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich

Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $23,750
Including buyer's premium
Ceramic Hanukkah Lamp, created for She'erit HaPleita in Germany. Munich, 1947.
Lamp in the shape of a cut down tree, half of which falls to the ground. The sun is located on the stump, on the tip of a young branch just starting to grow.
Inscribed in the center: "Central Committee in Munich 1948" – the "Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Zone in Germany".
On the base appears a stamp "Made by She'erit HaPlaeita in German Exile" (Hebrew; blurred).
Max. length – 25 cm, height – 11 cm. Good condition. Minor damages
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