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Brass Hanukkah lamp.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Realia 22
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Format:
3D object
Contributor:
Moldovan, Joseph T., donor.
Moldovan, Susan A., donor.
Moldovan, Alfred, 1921-2013, former owner.
Moldovan Family Judaica Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Judaism--19th century--Liturgical objects--Specimens.
Judaism.
Ceremonial objects--Morocco--19th century--Specimens.
Ceremonial objects.
Genre:
Hanukkah lamps.
Physical Description:
1 lamp : brass ; 43 cm (height) x 26 cm (width)
metal.
engraving.
Manufacture:
Morocco?, 1800?-1899?
Notes:
Cast and drilled brass Hanukkah lamp, in the Moroccan style.
Upper forms drilled into the body: two opposing gazelles; fruit shapes; a central Moorish arch; a central rosette (with a square fitting for the central shamash, now missing), with additional descending fruit shapes and Moorish arches. Two minaret shapes protruding from the outer corners.
Pomegranate-shaped brass hanger loose at top (partially missing).
Eight pointed oil cups at bottom (fitted separately with two anchors at back, now loose).
Hammered line patterns adorning face.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Local Notes:
Realia 22 gift from the Moldovan Family Collection by Joseph T. Moldovan C'76, and Susan A. Moldovan C'76. Donated in Honor and Memory of Jean and Dr. Alfred Moldovan.
OCLC:
1574533608

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