Auction 86 - Part I - Rare & Important Items
Silver Chanukah Lamp – Society for Assisting the Sick and Burying the Dead – Szeged, Austro-Hungary, 1872
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Unsold
Silver Chanukah lamp, dedicated to the Society for Assisting the Sick and Burying the Dead, Szeged, Austro-Hungary; dated 19th Elul 1872.
Silver, repoussé, cast and engraved; marked with maker's mark: FZ.
cartouche-shaped backplate, surmounted by a crown. In center of backplate, Tablets of the Law, flanked by a pair of lions. The Tablets are inscribed: "The committee of the first Jewish help society in Szeged for assisting the sick and burying the dead". A stylized medallion beneath the tablets reads: "19th Elul 1872". Removable row of oil fonts; removable servant light.
Height: 24 cm; width: 23 cm. Good condition. Minor bends. Sticker on base.
Provenance: Collection of Rabbi Tamás Raj.
Silver, repoussé, cast and engraved; marked with maker's mark: FZ.
cartouche-shaped backplate, surmounted by a crown. In center of backplate, Tablets of the Law, flanked by a pair of lions. The Tablets are inscribed: "The committee of the first Jewish help society in Szeged for assisting the sick and burying the dead". A stylized medallion beneath the tablets reads: "19th Elul 1872". Removable row of oil fonts; removable servant light.
Height: 24 cm; width: 23 cm. Good condition. Minor bends. Sticker on base.
Provenance: Collection of Rabbi Tamás Raj.
Jewish Ceremonial Art, Carpets
Jewish Ceremonial Art, Carpets