Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection

Three Hanukkah Lamps – Folk Art in Sheet Metal – Jerusalem

Opening: $250
Unsold
Three Hanukkah lamps. Jerusalem, [first half of 20th century].
Sheet metal, cut, shaped, and soldered.
1. Large Hanukkah lamp. Triangular back plate. Row of oil fonts is a set of small bowls with scalloped rims. Elevated servant light. Length: 22 cm. Width: 51 cm. Good condition.
2. Small Hanukkah lamp. Triangular back plate. Row of oil fonts is a set of small, cylindrical bowls with scalloped rims. Elevated servant light. Suspension hole. Length: 10 cm. Width: 22.5 cm. Minor fractures.
3. Hanukkah lamp resembling North African Hanukkah lamps in design. Back plate in form of a dome, surmounted by smaller dome. Row of oil fonts with scalloped rims and with pinched, pointed spouts for wicks. Servant light attached to back plate at junction of large dome with small dome. Wide drip pan, resembling drip pans on Moroccan Hanukkah lamps. Suspension loop. Length: 26 cm. Width: 28 cm.
Condition varies.
Palestine
Palestine