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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Torah shield from the synagogue of the Sephardi community of Craiova, Romania. Made in Austria-Hungary; dedicatory inscription dated 5629 [1869].
Silver, stamped and engraved (marked with Austro-Hungarian quality marks, in use 1866-72, and with maker’s mark: "HG").
Small Torah shield. At its center, in relief, is an ornament in the form of the Two Tablets of the Law (engraved with the abbreviated Ten Commandments). Underneath this is an additional ornament in the form of a pedestal.
The Two Tablets are flanked by a pair of langued, rampant lions, and surmounted by a large crown with a cloth ribbon spiraling underneath it – all fastened onto the shield with screws. Dedicatory inscription (Hebrew) engraved onto the pedestal beneath the Two Tablets: "Gift of Ya’akov Yitzhak Farhi, may the Lord keep him / 5629 [1869]". Suspension chain.
Height: 22.5 cm. Width: 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Slight fractures and old soldering repairs. Warping. Spherical ornaments missing from top edge. Corrosion.
Category
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Torah shield, made by Jacob Langleben, silversmith. London, 1897.
Silver, cut, stamped, repoussé, and engraved (marked with London marks: year mark "b" = 1897, and maker’s mark "J.L." = Jacob Langleben).
Small Torah shield, tall and slender, bearing vegetal patterns and a pair of tall columns. At top, engraved over a plain surface, is a dedicatory inscription (Hebrew) dated 5658 (1897), marking a silver anniversary: "... Gift of R. Yishayahu bar Mordechai ... and his wife / Rivkah bat R. Shlomo on the occasion of / the 25th anniversary of their marriage / [5658 = 1897]…"
At bottom is a rectangular housing for interchangeable plaques (5 two-sided plaques are enclosed, each bearing the silver marks designated above). The housing has a swinging lid that locks into place and frames the interchangeable plaques with its aperture. Above the housing is a crown-shaped ornament. Three bells dangle from the bottom of the shield, suspended by rings.
A number of items of Judaica created by the silversmith Jacob Langleben are known to be extant. Included among them are another Torah shield (1896); a pair of candlesticks; and a Kiddush cup.
Height: 29 cm. Width: 14.5 cm. Overall good condition. Missing most of the suspension chain.
Category
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Torah Shield. The Netherlands, dedicatory inscription from Nijkerk, dated 5677 [1917].
Silver, repoussé, stamped,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/267_1.jpg "Torah Shield – Nijkerk, The Netherlands, 1917 – Hamburger Family")
![Torah Shield. The Netherlands, dedicatory inscription from Nijkerk, dated 5677 [1917].
Silver, repoussé, stamped,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/267_2.jpg "Torah Shield – Nijkerk, The Netherlands, 1917 – Hamburger Family")
![Torah Shield. The Netherlands, dedicatory inscription from Nijkerk, dated 5677 [1917].
Silver, repoussé, stamped,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/267_3.jpg "Torah Shield – Nijkerk, The Netherlands, 1917 – Hamburger Family")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
Torah Shield. The Netherlands, dedicatory inscription from Nijkerk, dated 5677 [1917].
Silver, repoussé, stamped, and engraved (marked with Dutch quality mark).
At the top of the shield is a large crown in relief. At its center are the Two Tablets of the Law (engraved with the abbreviated Ten Commandments in Hebrew, and above them, the Hebrew inscription "After inscribing on the tablets / the same text as on the first" [Deuteronomy 10:4]). Framing the bottom half of the Two Tablets is an ornament in the form of a cloth ribbon, engraved with a dedicatory inscription (Hebrew): "Gift to the holy community of Nijkerkhen, from R. Shemuel ben Rabbi / Ya’akov Hamburger, on the day he turned seventy years old, and from his wife, M. Gella bat R. Ya’akov … Menachem …".
Suspension chain.
Height: 28 cm. Width: 18.5 cm. Good condition. Old soldering repairs at points of attachment of various parts.
Category
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,188
Including buyer's premium
Torah pointer. Vienna, 1753.
Silver, cast and engraved (both the pointer and its decorative chain-ring are marked with Viennese fineness marks, dated 1753).
Small Torah pointer with a ring-shaped upper segment, to which a decorative chain-ring bearing an engraved, flower-shaped ornament is attached by means of a smaller ring. The slender central segment is square in cross-section, broadening downward toward the flower-shaped cuff. At the tip is the "hand" in the form of a clenched fist, with the long index (pointer) finger extended.
Length: 22.5 cm. Maximal width: 2.2 cm. Good condition.
Category
Torah Ornaments – Torah Crowns, Torah Finials, Torah Shields
Catalogue Value
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. [Baghdad, Iraq, second half of 19th century].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/269_1.jpg "Silver Memorial Lamp from Baghdad’s Midrash Bet Zilkha Synagogue, Iraq")
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. [Baghdad, Iraq, second half of 19th century].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/269_2.jpg "Silver Memorial Lamp from Baghdad’s Midrash Bet Zilkha Synagogue, Iraq")
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. [Baghdad, Iraq, second half of 19th century].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/269_3.jpg "Silver Memorial Lamp from Baghdad’s Midrash Bet Zilkha Synagogue, Iraq")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $400
Sold for: $8,125
Including buyer's premium
Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. [Baghdad, Iraq, second half of 19th century].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (unmarked).
Memorial lamp consisting of three principal parts:
1. At the top, a dome-shaped cap, surmounted by a round suspension hook, and with ornamental pendants suspended from its perimeter.
2. A central component in the form of a flattened sphere, with a dome-like top and a conical ornament on the bottom. This part is encircled by a silver hoop; to this, three large hooks are attached, anchoring lengthy chains that connect the central and upper components. Also attached to the hoop, by means of ornamental tendril-like branches, are nine candle sockets positioned in the centers of shallow bowls with undulating perimeters.
3. A cone-like weight, suspended from the end of a chain.
A dedicatory inscription is engraved onto the central component, dedicating the lamp "…to the ascent of the soul of Rachel daughter of Regina Ades, passed away in the year 5634 [1873-1874], to the Synagogue of Bet Zilkha" (the memorial lamp may well have been donated to the synagogue later than 1874).
Midrash Bet Zilkha Synagogue, named after the wealthy patron Ezra Zilkha, was functional from the mid-19th through mid-20th century and was widely regarded as Baghdad’s main Jewish house of worship.
Height: Approx. 80 cm. Maximal width: 40 cm. Overall good condition. Ornament missing (broken off) from top of central component. Holes in candle sockets, supporting bowls, and weights, probably resulting from old wiring.
Category
Synagogue Lamps
Catalogue Value
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
Hanging lamp ("Ner Tamid") for synagogue. France, ca. 1819-38.
Silver, cast, repoussé, and pierced (marked with French quality marks, in use 1819-1838; and with unidentified maker’s mark).
Hanging lamp consisting of three parts: an upper, dome-shaped cap-like hanging device, surmounted by a suspension ring; a large lid with pierced openings, through which the light is meant to shine; and a large, bowl-shaped base, serving as a lighting cup or candle holder, with a downward-tapering ornament on the bottom.
The large lid is adorned in vegetal patterns and is attached to the upper dome-shaped cap / hanging device by three long chains. The lid is fastened to the base by means of three long pins inserted into small dedicated holes. The lid is adorned with three ornaments depicting vessels or accoutrements associated with the Great Temple: the priestly miter, the seven-branched Menorah, and an incense burner; these ornaments may have been added later, in place of other, earlier openings. The base is adorned with rich vegetal patterns matching those on the lid.
Height: 90 cm. Maximal width: 13 cm. Overall good condition. Minor fractures and warping. Small hole to upper ornament of lid; may have originally been made for attachment of additional suspension ring, or may have once served for a different upper hanging device.
Category
Synagogue Lamps
Catalogue Value
![Memorial lamp to be hung in a synagogue, created by Demarquet Frères. [Paris, France, 1868-1890], dedicatory inscrip](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/271_1.jpg "Large Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Product of Demarquet Frères – Paris, L")
![Memorial lamp to be hung in a synagogue, created by Demarquet Frères. [Paris, France, 1868-1890], dedicatory inscrip](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/271_2.jpg "Large Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Product of Demarquet Frères – Paris, L")
![Memorial lamp to be hung in a synagogue, created by Demarquet Frères. [Paris, France, 1868-1890], dedicatory inscrip](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/271_3.jpg "Large Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Product of Demarquet Frères – Paris, L")
![Memorial lamp to be hung in a synagogue, created by Demarquet Frères. [Paris, France, 1868-1890], dedicatory inscrip](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/271_4.jpg "Large Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Product of Demarquet Frères – Paris, L")
![Memorial lamp to be hung in a synagogue, created by Demarquet Frères. [Paris, France, 1868-1890], dedicatory inscrip](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/271_5.jpg "Large Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Product of Demarquet Frères – Paris, L")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $11,250
Including buyer's premium
Memorial lamp to be hung in a synagogue, created by Demarquet Frères. [Paris, France, 1868-1890], dedicatory inscription, probably Morocco, [early 20th century].
Cast silver, repoussé, stamped and engraved (marked with French fineness mark, in use from 1838, and maker’s mark).
Exceptionally large, splendid memorial lamp, adorned with rich vegetal patterns. Three large decorative suspension fixtures are attached with screws to the sides of the body (no suspension chain). A bud-shaped ornament with a large silver ring protrudes from the bottom.
An inscription (in Hebrew; probably added later, during the early 20th century) is engraved on the lower surface of the lamp, dedicating it to Rachel, wife of Moshe Ben Jo. The name Ben Jo (Benjo) is a common Jewish surname in Morocco, and rabbis of this family served as members of the rabbinate of Tangiers in northern Morocco.
The Hebrew title "ha-pakid ha-ne’eman" appearing in the dedication (lit. "the loyal official") also appears often in dedicatory inscriptions representing the Jewish community of Morocco, where the "gabai" (synagogue manager) of a congregation was referred to as a "pakid"; in the prayer "Mi SheBerach" recited on Sabbaths and holidays, such an individual is specifically referred to as "hapakid hane’eman".
Demarquet Frères produce operated in Paris in the second half of the 19th century, and was particularly well-known for creating silver church vessels. The firm was also noted for having made a number of objects of Judaica, including a pair of Torah finials and a Torah pointer (see: Sotheby’s, December 2022, Lot Nos. 47, 207).
Height: 52 cm. Maximal width: 32 cm. Overall good condition. Slight warping. Several open fractures to upper ornaments. Small holes to medial area, adjacent to rim. (Glass?) candle-lighting cup missing.
Category
Synagogue Lamps
Catalogue Value
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_1.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_2.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_3.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_4.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_5.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_6.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_7.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
![Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/272_8.jpg "Five Silver Hanging Memorial Lamps – Gibraltar, 19th Century")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
Five hanging memorial lamps for the synagogue. [Gibraltar], 19th century.
Silver, cast, cut and pierced, repoussé and engraved (two of them marked).
1. Memorial lamp with large upper dome-shaped cap-like hanging device, to which the main hoop-shaped lamp – upon which a dedicatory inscription is engraved – is attached by means of four silver chains. Inscription (Hebrew): "Gift of the honorable woman, Hannah dedicated to the rest of her dear and distinguished husband, Khalfon Izirad ... departed to eternal rest [on] Wednesday Rosh Chodesh Shevat Year 5599 [1839]…". Silver marks on hanging device.
2. Memorial lamp with upper dome-shaped cap-like hanging device, to which the main hoop-shaped lamp – upon which a dedicatory inscription is engraved – is attached by means of four long, thick silver chains. Inscription (Hebrew): "Dedicated to the Almighty, to the rest of God-fearing woman, Madam Rachel Pariente ... donated by her daughter, Esther HaLevi … Year [5615 = 1855]".
3. Memorial lamp. Includes central hoop (lamp) to which four thick silver chains are attached (upper hanging device missing). Engraved dedicatory inscription (Hebrew): "Gift to the memory of Esther wife of … R. Ya’akov HaLevi … departed to eternal rest [on the] 20th of Tevet 5624 [1863]".
4. Memorial lamp with upper dome-shaped cap-like hanging device, to which the main hoop-shaped lamp is attached by means of three silver chains. Both the hanging device and main hoop-shaped lamp are marked with the silversmith’s maker’s marks, representing Thoman Smily, London, 1865. Dedicatory inscription (Hebrew) engraved on central hoop (lamp): "The little girl Rachel bat Yitzhak ben Uliel, died 26th of Iyyar Year 5625 [1865] …".
5. Memorial lamp. Includes central hoop (lamp) to which four silver chains are attached (upper hanging device missing). Engraved dedicatory inscription (Hebrew): "... R. Yehoshu’a HaLevi bar Pauloma of blessed memory".
Varying sizes and condition. Overall good condition. Upper hanging device missing from two lamps.
Category
Synagogue Lamps
Catalogue Value
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Memorial lamp. Morocco, post-1925.
Silver, cut, pierced and engraved (marked with Moroccan fineness marks, in use since October 1925); chased work; sheet metal, cut.
Memorial lamp with arched backplate, decorated with vegetal patterns and a seven-branched menorah. Dedicatory inscription for Esther Assoudri is pierced at top. Two oil cups with pinched spouts at bottom; beneath them, a drip tray with undulating front. Low side panels, decorated with matching pattern. Thin metal sheet affixed to back.
Height: 27 cm, Width: 17 cm, Depth: 8 cm. Overall good condition. Some bends and minor breaks; break to one side wall. Some rust to metal sheet. Old soldering repairs. Some original pins and connecting rods missing or replaced with makeshift joints.
Category
Synagogue Lamps
Catalogue Value
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. Morocco, 5698 [1938].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with Moroccan f](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/274_1.jpg "Large Silver Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Morocco, 1938 – Decorated in Ar")
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. Morocco, 5698 [1938].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with Moroccan f](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/274_2.jpg "Large Silver Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Morocco, 1938 – Decorated in Ar")
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. Morocco, 5698 [1938].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with Moroccan f](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/274_3.jpg "Large Silver Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Morocco, 1938 – Decorated in Ar")
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. Morocco, 5698 [1938].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with Moroccan f](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/274_4.jpg "Large Silver Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Morocco, 1938 – Decorated in Ar")
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. Morocco, 5698 [1938].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with Moroccan f](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/274_5.jpg "Large Silver Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Morocco, 1938 – Decorated in Ar")
![Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. Morocco, 5698 [1938].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with Moroccan f](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/274_6.jpg "Large Silver Synagogue Memorial Lamp – Morocco, 1938 – Decorated in Ar")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $11,875
Including buyer's premium
Suspended memorial lamp for synagogue. Morocco, 5698 [1938].
Silver, cast, pierced, and engraved (marked with Moroccan fineness mark, in use beginning October 1925).
Large memorial lamp for hanging in a synagogue, consisting of three main parts:
1. An upper segment, surmounted by a suspension ring.
2. A broad central ring with a pierced dedicatory inscription.
3. A slightly concave base segment, meant to support the glass oil cup (glass cup missing).
Five large silver ornaments – geometrically patterned in Art Deco style – are attached with rivets to the upper ring and to the base. Five thick chains composed of large silver links are suspended from the upper segment and connect it to the tops of the Art Deco ornaments. A dedicatory inscription (Hebrew) is pierced onto the central ring: "Lamp dedicated to… David HaKohen who passed away on the 24th of Nisan 5698 … [1938], may his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life" (the Hebrew abbreviation for "may his soul…" is engraved and not pierced).
The upper segment and base segment are also pierced with matching geometric patterns.
Height: Approx. 100 cm. Maximal width: 29 cm. Good condition. Missing glass cup.
Category
Synagogue Lamps
Catalogue Value
![Hanukkah lamp, architectonic model. [Italy, 18th or 19th century].
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp with openwork back plate](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/275_1.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp in an Early Architectonic Design – Italy, 18th or 19th C")
![Hanukkah lamp, architectonic model. [Italy, 18th or 19th century].
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp with openwork back plate](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/275_2.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp in an Early Architectonic Design – Italy, 18th or 19th C")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp, architectonic model. [Italy, 18th or 19th century].
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp with openwork back plate and side panels, representing an early, uncommon design. The back plate is in the form of a low fence with ten stylized columns, and with a thin horizontal strip near the top, connecting all the columns. The columns at the left and right extremities are wider than the rest; each has a pair of apertures through which the side panels – matching the back plate – are attached. The row of round oil fonts, with long, pinched, pointed spouts for the wicks, is attached to the bottom of the back plate by means of a pair of pins. Removable, matching servant light attached at left to top of back plate with small hook.
This item belongs to a group of Italian Hanukkah lamps dating from the 16th or 17th century in which the back plate is designed in architectonic style and usually modeled after Italian city walls, palaces, and other monumental buildings and structures built in the Baroque style of the Renaissance period. This particular type of back plate, typically spreading widthwise, replaced the triangular back plates characteristic of the Hanukkah lamps inspired by the Gothic art of the Middle Ages that preceded this period (especially in Spain and Italy, but in other countries as well).
A similar Hanukkah lamp is documented by Mordechai Narkiss in his seminal work "The Hanukkah Lamp" (Item No. 44; see below), but Narkiss’s lamp includes an additional panel and ornament above the gate, and lacks side panels. Another similar Hanukkah lamp appears in the Magnes Collection, Berkeley (Item No. 67.1.4.13, formerly of the Strauss Collection), but this one also lacks side panels.
Height: 7.5 cm. Width: 25.5 cm. Depth: 6 cm. Overall good condition. Minor blemishes. One oil font with spout bent sideways. Fractures and old soldering repairs to row of oil fonts. Pins connecting row of oil fonts to back plate missing. Side panels attached by means of more recent soldering.
For comparison, see: Mordechai Narkiss, The Hanukkah Lamp, Bnei Bezalel, Jerusalem, 1939 (Hebrew with English summary), Item No. 44; and Ruth Eis, Hanukkah Lamps of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California, 1977, Item No. MC 7.
Category
Hanukkah and Sabbath Lamps
Catalogue Value
![Hanukkah lamp. [Italy, probably first half of the 19th century].
Cast brass; brass sheet.
Hanukkah lamp meant to be h](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/276_1.jpg "Gate-Shaped Hanukkah Lamp – Italy, 19th Century")
![Hanukkah lamp. [Italy, probably first half of the 19th century].
Cast brass; brass sheet.
Hanukkah lamp meant to be h](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/276_2.jpg "Gate-Shaped Hanukkah Lamp – Italy, 19th Century")
Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. [Italy, probably first half of the 19th century].
Cast brass; brass sheet.
Hanukkah lamp meant to be hung on a wall. Made of a plate of sheet brass, to which ornaments made of cast brass – a large arch and a pair of architectonic columns – are screwed on. The row of rectangular oil fonts, with long, pinched, pointed spouts for the wicks, is attached to the bottom of the back plate and serves as the base for the lamp. Five of the oil fonts have special accessories for the wicks. No servant light.
Height: 31.5 cm. Width: 21.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to back. Three oil fonts lack special accessories for the wicks.
Category
Hanukkah and Sabbath Lamps
Catalogue Value