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Hanukkah lamp
Designed by: Ze'ev Raban (Israeli (born in Poland), 1890–1970)
Israeli (Palestine), Jerusalem
about 1920
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H: 14 cm
W: 19 cm including shamas. H: 13.5 cm D: 7 cm
W: 19 cm including shamas. H: 13.5 cm D: 7 cm
Credit Line
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession Number2013.934
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
"Sterling 935" and "SR". S is reversed
Inscriptions" They lit candles in the courtyards of your holiness, and they instituted eights days of Hanukkah" (last verse from the 'Veal Hanisim' prayer, recited on Hanukkah)
Below, alongside medallions with ancient Jewish coins, is inscribed "Bezalel, Jerusalem"
Below, alongside medallions with ancient Jewish coins, is inscribed "Bezalel, Jerusalem"
ProvenanceMay 11, 1998, anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, lot 49, to Charles and Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)