Lot 550
Hanging Synagogue Silver Lamp – Iraq
Exquisite synagogue lamp. Iraq, early 20th century. Cut and engraved silver. Three chains for suspension made of links shaped as crescents with Stars of David. A central ring is inscribed “Ben Porat Yossef Ben Porat Alei Ayin, Yirbu Semachot BeIsrael”. Fourteen removable ornamentations serve as arms for the glasses, in two heights: half are designed as tendrils (with rings at their ends); half are shaped as a heart with a star with engraved decorations from which stem additional tendril-shaped decorations. On the lower part appear three additional tendril-like ornamentations from which hangs a decoration in the shape of an engraved ball. Length: 80 cm., max. width: approx. 57 cm. Eight glass cups.
