Hanukkah lamp. Morocco, presumably Fez, [first decades of the 20th century].

Brass sheet, cut, pierced and engraved.

Large Hanukkah lamp with pointed arched backplate, symmetrically decorated with vegetal motifs and a pair of birds flanking the servant light. Floral ornament at top serves as hanging device. Matching side panels, decorated with matching designs featuring birds carrying flower-like ornaments. A row of rectangular oil fonts with pinched spouts affixed at bottom.

Height: 45 cm, width: 25 cm, depth: 5.5 cm. Overall good condition. Servant light and row of fonts affixed with old solder.

For comparison, see: Chaya Benjamin, North African Lights, Hanukkah Lamps from the Zeyde Shculmann Collection in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2002), p. 50, item 21.