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STAMPED B. BUCH AND STAMPED GALW. W.M.F. WARSZAWA, WARSAW, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY; ONE COPPER LAMP STAMPED M&CO, AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN
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A POLISH SILVER-PLATED CHANUKKAH LAMP AND TWO OTHER COPPER CHANUKKAH LAMPS
Stamped B. Buch and stamped Galw. W.M.F. Warszawa, Warsaw, probably late 19th Century; one copper lamp stamped M&Co, Austro-Hungarian
The cartouche-form backplate centred by a Menorah, surmounted by a crown, surrounded by an applied grapes and grapevine decoration above, two applied palmtrees flanked by rampant lions beneath, fronted by a row of eight vase-shaped oilburners on a shaped rectangular base with scrolled panel supports, the sides fitted with matching oil jug and servant light; two other Austro-Hungarian copper Chanukkah lamps both lacking servant light
29cm. high (silver-plated lamp)
marked on reverse of backplate; the copper lamp stamped on front lower base (3)
Stamped B. Buch and stamped Galw. W.M.F. Warszawa, Warsaw, probably late 19th Century; one copper lamp stamped M&Co, Austro-Hungarian
The cartouche-form backplate centred by a Menorah, surmounted by a crown, surrounded by an applied grapes and grapevine decoration above, two applied palmtrees flanked by rampant lions beneath, fronted by a row of eight vase-shaped oilburners on a shaped rectangular base with scrolled panel supports, the sides fitted with matching oil jug and servant light; two other Austro-Hungarian copper Chanukkah lamps both lacking servant light
29cm. high (silver-plated lamp)
marked on reverse of backplate; the copper lamp stamped on front lower base (3)
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