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Silver Hanukkah Lamp Surmounted by Eagle, created by Weichesmüller – Vienna, 19th Century
Opening: $600
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. Vienna, second half of the 19th century.
Silver, repoussé and stamped (marked with Austro-Hungarian quality marks, in use from 1872, and with maker’s mark, "KW" = Karl Weichesmüller, active 1870-1893).
At the top of the back plate is a large eagle, perched on a lintel draped in curtains drawn together with cords with tassels. At the center of the back plate are the Two Tablets of the Law (blank, unlabeled) flanked and grasped on either side by a pair of langued, rampant lions. The removable row of oil fonts is placed on top of a rectangular platform with a trough beneath it, in place of a drip pan. No servant light.
Height: 22 cm. Width: 24 cm. Depth: 7 cm. Overall good condition. Slight fractures and warping. Several old soldering repairs on back. Slight corrosion. Servant light missing, probably because its holder is missing. Thin silver bar soldered onto tops of oil fonts (but missing from three of them) to support the wicks. Fracture and warping to rightmost oil font.
Hanukkah and Sabbath Lamps
Hanukkah and Sabbath Lamps