Hanukkah Lamp, Copper alloy: cast and enameled, 19th century
Object Name:
Hanukkah Lamp
Place Made:
Central Anti-Atlas Mountains (Morocco)
Date:
19th century
Medium:
Copper alloy: cast and enameled
Dimensions:
8 × 5 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (20.3 × 14.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
Accession Number:
F 3804

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This lamp belongs to a cast group made in the Atlas Mountains whose surface is ornamented with vinework executed in thick raised lines. The enamel that fills the voids left by the raised decoration is a rare survival on Moroccan Hanukkah lamps; it is typical of work in the Central Anti-Atlas Mountains, found, for example, on rifles and daggers of the nineteenth century.

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