Lot Essay
For a very similar example, with differing finial, see Sotheby's, New York, June 23, 1983, lot 444 (a Galician example)
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PROBABLY UKRAINIAN, CIRCA 1840, STRUCK WITH STAG(?) PASSANT AND 12 ON DETACHABLE PLATFORM.
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A CONTINENTAL FILIGREE SILVER 'BA'AL SHEM TOV' TYPE CHANUKKAH LAMP
Probably Ukrainian, circa 1840, struck with stag(?) passant and 12 on detachable platform.
The cartouche-form backplate decorated with a double-headed eagle in an oval cartouche, flanked by pillars crowned by birds, the center with an elaborate crown topped by bird, the galleried detachable platform set with eight pitcher-form oil receptacles, also fitted with a detachable pitcher, with red painted metal backplate, all on six scroll supports--9in. (22.8cm.) high and 11in. (27.9cm) long, gross weight 16oz.
Probably Ukrainian, circa 1840, struck with stag(?) passant and 12 on detachable platform.
The cartouche-form backplate decorated with a double-headed eagle in an oval cartouche, flanked by pillars crowned by birds, the center with an elaborate crown topped by bird, the galleried detachable platform set with eight pitcher-form oil receptacles, also fitted with a detachable pitcher, with red painted metal backplate, all on six scroll supports--9in. (22.8cm.) high and 11in. (27.9cm) long, gross weight 16oz.