A GERMAN SILVER HANUKAH LAMP
Lot 455 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A GERMAN SILVER HANUKAH LAMP

MARK OF JOHANN DAVID GRIEBEL, FRANKFURT, CIRCA 1740

Closed4 June 2013

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GBP 11,250

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A GERMAN SILVER HANUKAH LAMP
MARK OF JOHANN DAVID GRIEBEL, FRANKFURT, CIRCA 1740
Oblong and on four cast lion rampant feet, the sides with two drop-ring handles, the hinged cover with a later silver-gilt finial in the form of a cockerel, with eight oil compartments, the detachable servant lamp with beaded and grotesque mask-capped handle, marked inside base and cover
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide
13 oz. 2 dwt. (407 gr.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva; 27 April 1976, lot 290.

Specialist note

Other Judaica produced by Johann David Griebel includes a Torah shield (Nagel, Stuttgart, 9 October 2004, lot 2138) and a pair of kiddish cups in the collection of the Israel Museum.