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Hanukkah lamp
Ludwig Wolpert (German, active in Frankfurt, Jerusalem and New York, 1900–1981)
American (New York)
circa 1960
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height x width: 33 x 27.6 x 15.2 cm (13 x 10 7/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession Number2013.987
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ClassificationsMetalwork
Marks
Wolpert/Sterling/Tobe Pascher Workshop
Inscriptions"To praise you is a delight.” This is a verse from the “Ma’oz Tzur” , a liturgical poem sung after lighting the Hanukkah candles.
ProvenanceOctober 25, 2000, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, lot 185, to Charles and Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)