Hanukkah lamp with images of the Maccabees, product of ORT, Israel, [ca. 1950s-1960s].
Brass, cast and turned; white metal; wood.
Large Hanukkah lamp featuring nine figures representing the Maccabees – with each figure holding a shield and javelin and with the top of each javelin serving as a candleholder (including the one positioned front and center, serving as the servant light). Behind the servant light, surmounting a shaft, is a circled Star of David.
Unique Hanukkah lamps like this one were produced in limited quantities by the teachers and students of the network of polytechnical schools known as ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) in the 1950s and 1960s. They were presented as gifts to donors, heads of state, and mayors. The inspiration for the images of the Maccabees was derived from the work of the artist Hans Teppich.
Height: 18 cm. Width: 45 cm. Good condition. Minor staining and rust.

Hanukkah lamp. Unidentified manufacturer, Israel, [1950s].
Brass, cast and turned; wood.
Row of candleholders, including servant light in the middle, held up high by the upraised arms of the two symbolic figures, namely, on the right, an elderly rabbi, clad in a robe with a sash, holding a scroll or book, and on the left, a young Jewish pioneer. The two figures are supported on a wooden base, inscribed (in brass) with the Hebrew words (appearing in a number of Jewish prayers associated with Hanukkah) "in those days at that time."
Height: 20 cm. Width (of wooden base): 17 cm. Good condition.

Hanukkah lamp with portrait of Theodor Herzl. Israel, [ca. 1950s]. Marked on back (Hebrew) with "Product of Israel" and patent number.
Brass, cast and turned.
Back plate in form of oval-shaped medallion bearing portrait of Theodor Herzl, surmounting a plaque inscribed with the (Hebrew) name "Dr. Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl" followed by Herzl's date of birth and date of passing: "10th Iyar 5620 [1860], 20th Tammuz 5664 [1904]." The plaque surmounts a horizontal base upon which, in front, the eight candleholders are placed. The servant light is positioned to the right of Herzl's portrait. "Israel" (in Hebrew and English) is inscribed on the surface of the base, in front of the candleholders on either side.
Height: 12 cm. Good condition.

Hanukkah lamp portraying soldiers of the Israeli Army's Paratrooper Brigade in the battle for the Old City of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War. Israel, 1967.
Brass, cast; applied verdigris patina.
Cast plaque bearing depiction of an armed column of Israeli soldiers (belonging to the Paratroopers Brigade) in battle – wearing helmets and ammunition vests – in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. The row of candleholders, including the servant light, is positioned on top of the plaque. Place and date inscribed on back (English): "Israel 1967."
Height: 14.5 cm. Width: 18 cm. Good condition.

Three Hanukkah lamps made from bullet cartridges presented as gifts to military personnel. Israel, [second half of 20th century].
Bullet and shell cartridges; brass, turned, pierced and soldered.
1. Large Hanukkah lamp. Candleholders, including servant light, made from bullet cartridges screwed into a 75-mm shell cartridge, itself supported on two additional bullet cartridges. Emblem of IDF soldered onto servant light. On front, plaque with (English) inscription "I.A.C.E. [International Air Cadet Exchange?] 1970, Israel Air Force." Emblem of Israel Air Force, and Star of David on metal plaque soldered or glued onto shell cartridge. Height: 19 cm. Width: 27.5 cm.
2. Large Hanukkah lamp. Candleholders, including servant light – incrementally ascending in height from left to right – made from bullet cartridges screwed into horizontal shell cartridge, itself supported on additional vertical shell cartridge. Height: 24 cm. Width: 32 cm.
3. Small Hanukkah lamp. Candleholders, including servant light, made from bullet cartridges soldered onto a 40-mm cartridge, itself supported on two additional bullet cartridges. Soldered onto the front are the emblem of the IDF, the "Paratrooper Wings" (insignia of the Paratroopers Brigade), and an officer's insignia. Soldered onto the opening of the 40-mm cartridge is a disk bearing the image of a fox, emblem of the IDF's Southern Command. Height: 10 cm. Width: 17 cm.