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Lot 37 Three Torah Pointers – Izmir, Ottoman Empire

Three Torah pointers from the Bikur Cholim synagogue in Izmir. [Izmir, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), late 19th and e

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Three Torah pointers from the Bikur Cholim synagogue in Izmir. [Izmir, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), late 19th and early 20th centuries].

Silver, cast and engraved (unmarked).

Three Torah pointers made of long silver rods – some square and some coiled – with a hand and a pointing index finger. Two of the hands are engraved with the letter Hei. Two pointers also bear Ladino dedications: "Hermosa… Shlomo… [?]" and "Moshe HaLevi".

Length: 40 to 44 cm. Good condition. One pointer with original chain, another with chain torn and lacking.

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Lot 38 Four Torah Pointers – Izmir, Ottoman Empire

Four Torah pointers with dedicatory inscriptions to the Bikur Cholim synagogue in Izmir. [Izmir, Ottoman Empire (present-da

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Four Torah pointers with dedicatory inscriptions to the Bikur Cholim synagogue in Izmir. [Izmir, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), late 19th and early 20th centuries].

Silver, cast and engraved (unmarked).

Four Torah pointers made of long silver rods – some square and some coiled – with a hand and a pointing index finger. Dedications: "Consecrated to the Bikur Cholim community from Mr. Yehoshua Bisri, in memory of his wife Mrs. Dodo, may she rest in Eden[?]" (with a lengthy suspension chain); "With G-d's help, consecrated to the Bikur Cholim community, in memory of the boy who died young Yaakov HaLevi, 14th Cheshvan 5661 [1900]"; "Consecrated to the Bikur Cholim community… Shlomo… and his wife Perliga…" (with suspension chain); "Bikur Cholim community, Yehudah Medini".

Length: 37 to 44 cm. Overall good condition. One pointer may be lacking an ornament at top edge.

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Lot 39 Large Silver Baroque Hanukkah Lamp to be Hung in a Synagogue – Venice, First Half of 18th Century

Hanukkah lamp for the synagogue. Venice, first half of 18th century.

Silver, repoussé and engraved (several hal

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Large Silver Baroque Hanukkah Lamp to be Hung in a Synagogue – Venice, First Half of 18th Century

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Hanukkah lamp for the synagogue. Venice, first half of 18th century.

Silver, repoussé and engraved (several hallmarks of Venice [the lion of St. Mark] and assayer's marks of Zuanne Premuda, active 1712-1749, the letters "ZP" around a bird);
wood; iron sheet.

Rare and large Venetian Hanukkah lamp, in baroque style, meant to be hung in the synagogue. Made of a large silver sheet, with repoussé vegetal patterns, rocailles and acanthus leaves in characteristic baroque design. The shamash and eight fonts are affixed to the edges of hooked suspenders and stylized as small bowls with pinched spouts. The back side is affixed to a thick contemporary wooden board, meant to be hung on a wall, with an iron suspender at top.

Silver Hanukkah lamps from 18th-century Italy are especially rare, as most lamps from the period were produced from brass or bronze and meant for home usage. Most known silver Hanukkah lamps of 18th-century Italy were produced in Rome, with a design somewhat different from that of the present lamp, and most are held in museum collections, with only a few lamps privately owned.

The present lamp is therefore unique in a number of ways: firstly in its exceptional and unusual design and dimensions, secondly as it was intended for synagogue use (as opposed to home), thirdly in its Venetian provenance (as opposed to Rome), and fourthly in its relatively early dating.

This lamp's decorations are reminiscent of the style of decorations featured on Hebrew books printed in Venice in the 18th century, some of which were presumably produced in the same workshop as the present lamp. A similar style of repoussé decorations appears in other contemporary silver Judaica objects, such as Torah decorations and spiceboxes.

Accordingly, the silver assayer Zuanne Premuda's mark appears on several contemporary Judaica objects, including: Jewish silver bindings
(Kedem, 5 February 2023,
Lot 116;
12 February 2024
, Lot 36;
Sotheby's,
20 December 2017,
Lot 71;
14 December 2011
, Lot 19), a synagogue lamp (Sotheby's, 14 December 2011
, Lot 40), a spicebox (Bonhams,
21 November 2007
, Lot 186) and a pair of Torah finials and crown (former Steinhardt Collection, Sotheby's,
29 April 2013
, Lot 77).

For other silver lamps of 18th-century Italy, see: Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Jerusalem, ON 0383, ON 1404; Jewish Museum of Rome, inv. 284 (1941), 461 (1904), inv. 216 (1941), 339 (1904), inv. 211 (1941), 70 (1904); North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, 2024.18.1; Metropolitan Museum, New York, 2018.89; Jewish Museum of New York, S 262.

Another lamp, with design reminiscent of the present lamp, is the Hanukkah lamp of the Matir Asurim society of Florence (Florence Jewish community collection), exhibited at the Gardens and Ghettos exhibition in the Jewish Museum in New York (see exhibition catalog, 1989, no. 191).

Height: 40.5 cm, width: 48.5 cm, depth: approx. 11.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Minor fractures, warping and old soldering repairs to silver, mainly to edges of lamp and its decorations. Some punctures on back side, indicating lacking nails. Warping and soldering repair to oil font suspenders. Rust to back side of screw nuts. Piece lacking and rift on wooden base. Remnants of paint and plaster on wooden base. The lamp is accompanied by a large round, painted iron drip pan (possibly somewhat later), which had been affixed to bottom of outer back side, with screws and nuts of oil font hangers. Rust, warping and fractures to drip pan.

References: Donaver-Dabbene, Argenti italiani del Settecento (2000), no. 412; Consacrati al Signore, Argenti del Museo Ebraico di Roma, edited by Dora Liscia Bemporad and Davide Spagnoletto, Sillabe, Livorno, 2024, pp. 342-345.

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Lot 40 Miniature Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Germany, ca. 1900

Hanukkah lamp. Germany, [late 19th or early 20th century].

Silver, cast, pierced, and stamped (marked with German finene

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Miniature Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Germany, ca. 1900

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Hanukkah lamp. Germany, [late 19th or early 20th century].

Silver, cast, pierced, and stamped (marked with German fineness mark and with unidentified maker’s mark).

Miniature (but functional) Hanukkah lamp, apparently created to meet the demands of the awakening Judaica market of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Back plate adorned with angels ("putti") and flowers; soldered onto a rectangular pan with eight square receptacles for oil, bearing small, ring-like pipes for the wicks. Removable servant light (marked with identical marks). Quite possibly, the back plate was originally meant to serve as a napkin holder or business card holder, and was subsequently converted into an item of Judaica.

Height: 9.5 cm. Width: 11 cm. Depth: 2.5 cm. Weight: 85 g. Good condition.

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Lot 41 Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Germany, ca. 1900

Erect Hanukkah lamp. Germany, possibly Schwäbisch Gmünd, ca. 1900.

Silver, lathed (marked with German fineness

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Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Germany, ca. 1900

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Erect Hanukkah lamp. Germany, possibly Schwäbisch Gmünd, ca. 1900.

Silver, lathed (marked with German fineness marks, "800" and a crown and crescent moon, in use from 1888; and with maker’s mark in the form of a cup (?), possibly Otto Wolter, Schwäbisch Gmünd).

Erect Hanukkah lamp with hexagonal base, and matching bases for candle sockets resembling hexagonal pitchers. The candle sockets themselves are in the shape of round disks. Removable servant light.

Height: 20 cm. Width at base: 11 cm. Maximal width: 33 cm. Weight: 380 g. Overall good condition. Minor warping. Remnants of gilt.

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Lot 42 Hanukkah Lamp created by Hermann Südfeld – Vienna, ca. 1900

Hanukkah lamp. Vienna, [late 19th or early 20th century].

Silver, cast, repoussé, and stamped (marked with Austro

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Hanukkah Lamp created by Hermann Südfeld – Vienna, ca. 1900

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Hanukkah lamp. Vienna, [late 19th or early 20th century].

Silver, cast, repoussé, and stamped (marked with Austro-Hungarian fineness marks in use from 1886; and with maker’s mark: "HS" = Hermann Südfeld).

Back plate adorned with vegetal patterns. Architectonic design, with the Two Tablets of the Law (plain, uninscribed) at center, enclosed within a frame of sharp-pointed rays of light. Back plate surmounted by crown. Row of oil fonts (removable) positioned in front.

The Jewish silversmith Hermann Südfeld (1835-1915), active in Vienna in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century, created household silver objects (candlesticks, boxes), some in Art Nouveau style. In addition he produced Jewish sacred objects, including Torah ornaments (collections of the Jewish Museum, Prague, and the Bar-David Museum, Kibbutz Bar’am); Hanukkah lamps (with several examples in the Jewish Museum, New York); and a Havdalah spicebox (The Israel Museum Collection).

Height: 25 cm. Width: 22 cm. Depth: 6.5 cm. Weight: 500 g. Overall good condition. Minor warping and fractures. Old soldering repairs. Ornament missing from top of back plate (above crown). Missing servant light. Spouts missing from three oil fonts.

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Lot 43 Small Silver Hanukkah Lamp

Hanukkah lamp. Unknown European provenance, [20th century].

Silver, stamped (unmarked).

Small-sized Hanukkah lamp sha

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Hanukkah lamp. Unknown European provenance, [20th century].

Silver, stamped (unmarked).

Small-sized Hanukkah lamp shaped like a sofa, adorned with vegetal patterns in high relief. Row of oil fonts soldered onto base. Removable servant light attached to back plate. Next to it is a hook, apparently intended for an oil pitcher.

Height: 12.5 cm. Width: 12.5 cm. Depth: 4.5 cm. Weight: 180 g. Good condition. Oil pitcher missing.

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Lot 44 Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Konstanty Ostrochulski – Warsaw, 1882

Hanukkah lamp. Warsaw, Poland, 1882.

Silver, lathed, repoussé, and stamped (marked with the mark of the maker, Os

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Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Konstanty Ostrochulski – Warsaw, 1882

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Hanukkah lamp. Warsaw, Poland, 1882.

Silver, lathed, repoussé, and stamped (marked with the mark of the maker, Ostrochulski – the logo of the workshop [head of a horse]; and with the mark of the silver inspector Josef Sosnkowski, along with the year, 1882; and fineness mark).

Hanukkah lamp bearing typical Polish design qualities. Back plate adorned with a pair of deer, on either side of a tree; a pair of birds in flight, each grasping a wreath of flowers in its beak; angularly crisscrossing lines with arrowheads at their ends; vases spouting large balls of fire; and rocailles bearing faces of animals. The row of oil fonts is supported on an elevated platform. Removable servant light.

Height: 26 cm. Width: 21.5 cm. Depth: 5 cm. Weight: 460 g. Overall good condition. Minor warping and fractures, with some old, small soldering repairs. Removable pitcher missing. Servant light may not be original.

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Lot 45 Large Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Warsaw, 1908-1926

Erect Hanukkah lamp. Warsaw, Poland, 1908-26.

Silver, cast, lathed, and stamped (marked with fineness mark "84&quot

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Large Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Warsaw, 1908-1926

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Erect Hanukkah lamp. Warsaw, Poland, 1908-26.

Silver, cast, lathed, and stamped (marked with fineness mark "84" from Warsaw, in use 1908-26; and with maker’s mark: "P.Ł" = Piotr Łątkowski; and with mark of silversmith or retailer, "M. H. Spiro"; and additional mark: "PATENT No 5820" in Cyrillic script).

Tall, erect Hanukkah lamp with central shaft adorned with patterns of parallel lines, leaves, and flowers. Branches shaped like tendrils with leaves and grape clusters. Toward the top of the central shaft and behind the removable servant light candle socket / oil font is a spherical ornament, surmounted by the Two Tablets of the Law (plain, uninscribed) framed by a leafy wreath, which are in turn surmounted by a pair of lions. Additional hook for (missing) pitcher.

The existence of two distinct marks suggests a cooperative effort, either between two different silversmiths, or alternatively between a single silversmith (Łątkowski) and a retailer (Spiro).

Height: 62 cm. Base: 15X15 cm. Maximal width: 36 cm. Weight: 1200 g. Overall good condition. Warping, old soldering repairs, and some corrosion. Removable pitcher (for oil) missing.

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Lot 46 Large Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Krakow, 1920-1931

Erect Hanukkah lamp. Krakow, Poland, 1920-1931.

Silver, cast, lathed, and engraved (marked with Polish fineness mark fro

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Erect Hanukkah lamp. Krakow, Poland, 1920-1931.

Silver, cast, lathed, and engraved (marked with Polish fineness mark from Krakow, in use 1920-31; bottom part marked with maker’s mark: "SH" or "HS", possibly representing S. Herzog; and upper parts marked with maker’s mark: "BG").

Tall, erect Hanukkah lamp with square base engraved with vegetal patterns. Central shaft surmounted by openwork Star of David.

The existence of two distinct makers’ marks apparently indicates that the base and the upper parts were not originally created together. Nevertheless, the lamp’s design is harmonious, and corresponds well with other objects bearing the "SH" maker’s mark. This lamp therefore likely represents either a cooperative effort between two silversmiths (see also previous lot), or alternatively between a single silversmith and a retailer of silver items. For a similar Hanukkah lamp bearing the "SH" (or "HS") maker’s mark, see: Auction, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, September 29, 1994, Lot No. 164; see also: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Item Nos. 17911 and 2035.

Height: 72.5 cm. Width of base: 18X18 cm. Maximal width: 36 cm. Weight: 1460 g. Overall good condition. Servant light missing. Loose screw joints and minor warping. One candle socket with loose screw joint; socket consequently out of line with remaining candle sockets.

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Lot 47 Large Silver Lamp – Warsaw, 1920-1931

Erect lamp. Warsaw, Poland, 1920-31.

Silver, lathed and stamped (marked with Polish fineness marks, in use 1920-31; and

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Erect lamp. Warsaw, Poland, 1920-31.

Silver, lathed and stamped (marked with Polish fineness marks, in use 1920-31; and with unidentified maker’s mark: "WSZ", possibly a silversmith of the Szkarlat family).

Large, erect, six-branched silver lamp in Neoclassical design, with square, four-legged base. Architectonic central shaft in form of Corinthian column. Six branches with vegetal patterns, all surmounted by candle sockets with patterns matching those on Corinthian column. Central shaft surmounted by large sphere, in turn surmounted by ornament in form of a wreath of leaves and flowers. Additional, removable candle socket missing from apex of central shaft.

Height: 63.5 cm. Width at base: 13X13.5 cm. Maximal width: 29.5 cm. Weight: 1030 g. Overall good condition. Removable candle socket missing. Minor warping.

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Lot 48 Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Morocco, Ca. 1920s-1930s

Silver Hanukkah lamp. [Morocco, ca. 1920s-1930s].

Silver, cut, repoussé, and engraved (unmarked); chased.

Back

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Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Morocco, Ca. 1920s-1930s

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Silver Hanukkah lamp. [Morocco, ca. 1920s-1930s].

Silver, cut, repoussé, and engraved (unmarked); chased.

Back plate cut to form tapering arch. Chased vegetal patterns. Openwork at center, cut to create Star of David (with additional, smaller, inclined Star of David in the middle) and geometric patterns. Servant light and row of oil fonts fastened with rivets, as is rectangular drip pan protruding from bottom of back plate. Suspension ring.

Height: 22.5 cm. Width: 18.5 cm. Depth: 5.5 cm. Weight: 520 g. Overall good condition. Minor fractures and old soldering repairs. Loose attachment to servant light.

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