Hanukkah Lamp, Copper alloy: cast, mid 19th-early 20th century
Object Name:
Hanukkah Lamp
Place Made:
Eastern Galicia or western Ukraine (?)
Date:
mid 19th-early 20th century
Medium:
Copper alloy: cast
Dimensions:
9 3/8 × 12 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (23.7 × 30.9 × 15.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
Accession Number:
F 133

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A parallel example in the Victoria and Albert Museum is said to have come from a synagogue in Bokaima, Galicia, before 1911, when it was acquired by the museum. Late copies of this lamp type were made in the early twentieth century by Eugene Wiedamann of Regensburg.

Information may change as a result of ongoing research.

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