Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects

Hanukkah Lamp / Wall Lamp - Iraq

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.
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps
Hanukkah Lamps, Synagogue and Memorial Lamps