Creator Bio
Caspar Birckenholtz
17th Century
Caspar Birckenholtz was a silversmith in Frankfurt am Main in the seventeenth century.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Silver Hanukkah Lamp
This Hanukkah lamp from Frankfurt am Main, like the earliest known silver Hanukkah lamps made in Germany, is shaped like a chest and resembles inkwells of the period. This one is relatively…