- Object Name:
- Hanukkah Lamp
- Artist/Maker:
- Firm of Neresheimer
- Bio:
- 1890-present
- Place Made:
- Hanau (Germany)
- Date:
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Medium:
- Silver: repoussé, chased, punched, die-stamped, and cast
- Dimensions:
- 14 7/8 × 11 1/2 × 4 in. (37.8 × 29.2 × 10.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 3526
Not On View
This work bears the mark for the city of Venice, a winged lion head, but was made in Germany, as evidenced by the "800" assay mark. The latter, stamped without a surrounding field, was used on all German silver after 1888. The lion head mark was in fact appropriated by the Neresheimer firm, which was one of a number of German silver manufacturers, many of them in Hanau, making Judaica in archaizing styles. Similar examples have been attributed to Germany, Russia, and Portugal in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.