- Object Name:
- Hanukkah Lamp
- Place Made:
- Europe (?)
- Date:
- 1917-18
- Medium:
- Aluminum: pierced; copper alloy
- Dimensions:
- 5 1/4 × 12 1/16 × 4 in. (13.3 × 30.7 × 10.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- The Jewish Museum
- Accession Number:
- S 1396
Not On View
The candleholders on this lamp were made from cartridge shells. The aluminum bench portion could have been made from a canteen or mess kit; occasionally metal from large pieces of military equipment such as zeppelins, was available as well. According to the museum’s records, this Hanukkah lamp was made during World War I.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.