Lot 360
Hanukkah Lamp designed by Arnold Zadikow – "She'erit HaPletah"
Hanukkah lamp designed by the artist Arnold (Aharon) Zadikow. Unidentified manufacturer, Israel, [1950s]. Marked (English): "Made in Israel".
Brass, cast; applied verdigris patina.
Rectangular back plate, with relief depicting a group of Jewish refugees on the road, carrying their belongings. Underneath the image is the Hebrew inscription "She'erit HaPletah" (the surviving remnants, i.e. Holocaust survivors). Row of candleholders in front; servant light positioned to the side of the relief. Suspension ring.
Arnold (Aharon) Zadikow (1884-1943). Jewish-German sculptor and medalist, studied at the School of Applied Arts in Munich, Germany. Active in France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. In 1942, deported with his family to Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he died.
The scene depicted in this relief also appears on a cast plaque entitled (Hebrew) "... who delivered you from the Land of Egypt" (from Numbers 15:41; see Kedem Catalogue No. 7, item no. 562).
Height: 11 cm. Width: 15 cm. Good condition.
