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Hanukkah lamp

Polish
late 18th-19th century

Medium/Technique Brass
Credit Line Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession Number2013.945
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Judaica
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionShaped like architectural facade, maybe of a synagogue, with an arched balustrate on top, three window in the middle tier, side panels. Surmounetd by birds, also featured below. Two servant lights, for use in the Sabbat as welll.
ProvenanceJanuary 19, 1990, sold by Avraham N. Havilio, Jerusalem, to Charles and Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)