Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Hand Carved Wooden Hanukkah Lamp – Cuffed Hands
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Hand carved wooden Hannukah lamp. [Second half of the 1940s?].
The oil fonts, shaped like raised hands with shattered handcuffs (hoops with small chains), are placed on a terraced structure. The servant light (shamash) is designed as a biblical figure raising a torch. On the back plate, beams of a rising sun. Rectangular base with star-shaped marquetry decorations and a small, blank plaque.
This lamp was possibly made in one of the British internment camps in Palestine, Cyprus or Africa.
Maximum height: 15.5 cm. Maximum length: 21 cm. Maximum width: 8 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Two chains missing. Lower part and verso covered with paper, peeling and worn.
The oil fonts, shaped like raised hands with shattered handcuffs (hoops with small chains), are placed on a terraced structure. The servant light (shamash) is designed as a biblical figure raising a torch. On the back plate, beams of a rising sun. Rectangular base with star-shaped marquetry decorations and a small, blank plaque.
This lamp was possibly made in one of the British internment camps in Palestine, Cyprus or Africa.
Maximum height: 15.5 cm. Maximum length: 21 cm. Maximum width: 8 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Two chains missing. Lower part and verso covered with paper, peeling and worn.
British Mandate for Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Israeli War of Independence, the State of Israel
British Mandate for Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Israeli War of Independence, the State of Israel