![Hanukkah lamp. [Algeria, early 20th century].
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp with openwork back plate and side panels, wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/292_1.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp adorned with \"Hamsa\" Ornaments – Algeria")
![Hanukkah lamp. [Algeria, early 20th century].
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp with openwork back plate and side panels, wit](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale105/292_2.jpg "Hanukkah Lamp adorned with \"Hamsa\" Ornaments – Algeria")
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Hanukkah Lamp adorned with "Hamsa" Ornaments – Algeria
Opening: $400
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. [Algeria, early 20th century].
Cast brass.
Hanukkah lamp with openwork back plate and side panels, with symmetrical vegetal patterns, and surmounted by an open-hand-shaped ornament ("hamsa"). Side panels matching back plate. Row of oil fonts attached by means of four pins inserted into dedicated apertures in back plate and side panels. Servant light attached near top of back plate.
Height: 18 cm. Width: 20.5 cm. Depth: 6.5 cm. Good condition. Pins attaching row of oil fonts and side panels not original.
For similar Hanukkah Lamp, see: Chaya Benjamin, North African Lights: Hanukkah Lamps from the Zeyde Schulmann Collection in the Israel Museum, exhibition catalogue, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2003, English-language edition, catalogue no. 117.
Hanukkah and Sabbath Lamps
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