Beschreibung:

Hanukkah lamp. Morocco, Essaouira (?), [ca. 1948-1950]. Brass sheet, sawn and engraved; cast brass. plate is designed as a horseshoe-arch with a pointed tip, topped with a cut Star of David. Decorated with two Tablets of the Law, (inscribed in Hebrew: “Two Tablets”), a crown, flags of Israel and the inscription “To light a candle of Hanukkah” (Hebrew). A row of pointed horseshoe-arches. Cast oil fonts and a lower basin with pinched edges. The decorations of this lamp resemble the Seder Plate in this catalogue (see item 617 and see Kedem catalogue no. 28, item 129) and it is possible that they were created by the same artist. Height: 28.5 cm, width: 22 cm. Good condition. Some bends.