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Brass Hanukkah lamp.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Realia 22
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- Format:
- 3D object
- 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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