Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
Sawn Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Morocco
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah Lamp. Morocco [Fez? Essaouira - Mogador?], [after 1925].
Silver (marked), cut and sawn; chiseled; rivets.
Backplate shaped as a spiked arch, delicately decorated with dense vegetal patterns, with three large flowers (rosettes). The Shamash is positioned in the center of the top flower (attached with rivets) and a stylized loop appears on top of the arch. Two sawn side panels, decorated with vegetal patterns, opening towards the sides with hinges; removable. A row of rectangular oil fonts with pinched spouts is attached with screws and nuts. The base of the bottom panel is attached with rivets to a rectangular silver plaque, with a wide oil basin whose two front corners are pinched, attached with a hinge.
Length: 29 cm, width: 19-20 cm. Apertures to bottom of side panels and edges of oil basin (for clasps; lacking). Slight bends and small fractures to some of the spikes.
Silver (marked), cut and sawn; chiseled; rivets.
Backplate shaped as a spiked arch, delicately decorated with dense vegetal patterns, with three large flowers (rosettes). The Shamash is positioned in the center of the top flower (attached with rivets) and a stylized loop appears on top of the arch. Two sawn side panels, decorated with vegetal patterns, opening towards the sides with hinges; removable. A row of rectangular oil fonts with pinched spouts is attached with screws and nuts. The base of the bottom panel is attached with rivets to a rectangular silver plaque, with a wide oil basin whose two front corners are pinched, attached with a hinge.
Length: 29 cm, width: 19-20 cm. Apertures to bottom of side panels and edges of oil basin (for clasps; lacking). Slight bends and small fractures to some of the spikes.
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