Hanukkah Lamp
Artist Unknown
1730
Image
This brass Hanukkah lamp is thought to have been used in the First Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located on present-day South William Street in downtown Manhattan. The lamp has a scalloped, pointed-arch backplate, with decorative repoussé elements including a central, upside-down heart and other smaller hearts, flowers, and balls. Its style recalls that of Dutch Jewish Hanukkah lamps at the turn of the eighteenth century.
Credits
Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, photo by DLW Photography. © 2021 by the Posen Foundation.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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