Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Matheus Staedlein
1716–1735
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This Hanukkah lamp was made in Nuremberg, Germany, where it was characteristic in the eighteenth century for Hanukkah lamps to include a parchment with the blessings for lighting. At the time, however, Jews were forbidden to live in Nuremberg. This Hanukkah lamp may have been purchased elsewhere, or the Nuremberg silversmith, Matheus Staedlein, may have had Jewish clientele who lived elsewhere.
Credits
Hanukkah Lamp. Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman / The Jewish Museum, New York.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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