LARGE CAST BRONZE SYNAGOGUE HANUKKAH LAMP Germany or Poland, probably 18th century.

Round tapered base, lower section of shaft in baluster form; on either side, four arms with swirled end and depiction of buds each terminate in candlespike with drip cup. Upper section of shaft tapers to top, terminating in cast cut out flat tulip finial. Servant arm, matching, slides into hole at front, at level of third arm. H: 756mm. Servant arm previously repaired.

A synagogue Menorah such as the one depicted in S. Kayser, Jewish Ceremonial Art (1959) p.73, may have served as the inspiration for this Lamp. The lines are less ornate, but the form and the design of the shaft and finial are in agreement. See Lot 16.