Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Large Synagogue Menorah - Decorated with Lions and a Two-Headed Eagle - Poland, 19th Century
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
A four branched synagogue Menorah. [Poland, 19th century].
Cast, chased and engraved brass.
The Menorah stands on a round base topped with an open crown decorated with clover-like flowers. A leg is elevated from the crown, decorated with bulges with curving stems growing out of its top. Between the stems appear two lions with extended tongues, supporting a crown with a vegetal decoration on top. On top of the stems are four oil fonts in shallow plates and between them a wide and short oil font bearing the symbol of the two-headed eagle. Holes are pierced in the branches and plates with lattice-work decorations hanging from them.
Height: approx. 54 cm. Width: 38 cm. Good condition. Bends. Defects. Corrosion. Small break to head of eagle. Broken and lacking pendants. One plate differs from the others.
Cast, chased and engraved brass.
The Menorah stands on a round base topped with an open crown decorated with clover-like flowers. A leg is elevated from the crown, decorated with bulges with curving stems growing out of its top. Between the stems appear two lions with extended tongues, supporting a crown with a vegetal decoration on top. On top of the stems are four oil fonts in shallow plates and between them a wide and short oil font bearing the symbol of the two-headed eagle. Holes are pierced in the branches and plates with lattice-work decorations hanging from them.
Height: approx. 54 cm. Width: 38 cm. Good condition. Bends. Defects. Corrosion. Small break to head of eagle. Broken and lacking pendants. One plate differs from the others.