A GERMAN PEWTER CHANUKKAH LAMP

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A GERMAN PEWTER CHANUKKAH LAMP
Set on four claw-feet, the shaped backplate with shell cresting around two winged cherubs flanking a shell finial above pierced rocailles, the centre engraved with a tulip and foliage, the left side fitted with a cylindrical lidded vessel, the right side lacking the servant-light, the mid-section fitted with a removable row of eight oil pans above a skirted shelf, engraved in Hebrew with part of the blessing over the Chanukkah lights: "Lehadlik ner shel Chanukkah" (To kindle the light of Chanukkah), flanked by two dolphin heads, serving as spouts to catch oil overflow (drip buckets are missing), the lower section consisting of a dripping pan with ornamental railing, struck with two touchmarks on the backplate
27cm. high

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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Narkiss, M., The Hanukkah lamp, Jerusalem 1939, No. 141
Shachar, Isaiah, The Feuchtwanger collection of Judaica, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1971, 1981, No. 349
Barnett, R.D., Catalogue of the Jewish Museum London, 1974, No. 262 Kayser- Schoenberger, Jewish Ceremonial Art, Philadelphia 1955, 1959, No. 135
For similar examples see also the collection of The Jewish Museum New York, F 105, F 1839

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