Large Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Antoni Riedel – Warsaw, 1892
Large Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Antoni Riedel – Warsaw, 1892
Hanukkah lamp, created by silversmith Antoni Riedel (active 1878-1910), Warsaw, 1892.
Silver, repoussé, stamped, and cast.
Hallmarks: · Maker's mark, "A. Riedel"; · Workshop mark (logo); · Municipal mark of the city of Warsaw; · Fineness mark, "84"; · Assayer's and year mark, "OC 1892" [= Osip Sosnkowski]; several later Polish marks.
The back plate enclosed within a frame consisting of rocaille, flowers, and leaves, extending widthwise above the row of candleholders. Surmounted by an ornate crown – in turn surmounted by a crouched deer – and flanked on either side by a large pair of heraldic rampant lions, langued. At the center of the back plate is a seven-branched menorah, flanked by elaborate architectonic pillars.
Protruding frontward at the base of the back plate is a shelf in the form of a balcony enclosed by a railing, consisting of pillars connected by sloping floral garlands. Toward the rear of the "balcony" is a row of five coiled, silver-thread posts. The posts at either end are surmounted by a pair of roosters; two of the posts in between are surmounted by another type of bird and a deer; the tallest, center post is topped with an eagle perched on a silver sphere. The bottom section of the back plate is flanked on either side by a tall pair of palms, in turn flanked by another (protruding) pair of heraldic langued and rampant lions. Toward the front of the "balcony" is the row of eight candleholders, each supported on the back of an eagle, between its outstretched wings. The lamp is set on four foliate legs with ball supports. A removable servant light is attached to the upper right of the back plate, and a similarly removable oil jug is symmetrically attached to upper left; both are positioned on top of coiled, sigmoid, silver-thread wires.
For other Hanukkah lamps created by Riedel, see: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item no. 1861; and The Jewish Museum, New York, item nos. JM 1-72, and JM 120-65. See also previous item.
Height: 34.5 cm. Width: approx. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Minor warping. Slight fractures.
Provenance:
1. Private collection, The Netherlands.
2. On loan to the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, 1967-2017, item no. MB00355.
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Large Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Antoni Riedel – Warsaw, 1892
Hanukkah lamp, created by silversmith Antoni Riedel (active 1878-1910), Warsaw, 1892.
Silver, repoussé, stamped, and cast.
Hallmarks: · Maker's mark, "A. Riedel"; · Workshop mark (logo); · Municipal mark of the city of Warsaw; · Fineness mark, "84"; · Assayer's and year mark, "OC 1892" [= Osip Sosnkowski]; several later Polish marks.
The back plate enclosed within a frame consisting of rocaille, flowers, and leaves, extending widthwise above the row of candleholders. Surmounted by an ornate crown – in turn surmounted by a crouched deer – and flanked on either side by a large pair of heraldic rampant lions, langued. At the center of the back plate is a seven-branched menorah, flanked by elaborate architectonic pillars.
Protruding frontward at the base of the back plate is a shelf in the form of a balcony enclosed by a railing, consisting of pillars connected by sloping floral garlands. Toward the rear of the "balcony" is a row of five coiled, silver-thread posts. The posts at either end are surmounted by a pair of roosters; two of the posts in between are surmounted by another type of bird and a deer; the tallest, center post is topped with an eagle perched on a silver sphere. The bottom section of the back plate is flanked on either side by a tall pair of palms, in turn flanked by another (protruding) pair of heraldic langued and rampant lions. Toward the front of the "balcony" is the row of eight candleholders, each supported on the back of an eagle, between its outstretched wings. The lamp is set on four foliate legs with ball supports. A removable servant light is attached to the upper right of the back plate, and a similarly removable oil jug is symmetrically attached to upper left; both are positioned on top of coiled, sigmoid, silver-thread wires.
For other Hanukkah lamps created by Riedel, see: The Center for Jewish Art (CJA), item no. 1861; and The Jewish Museum, New York, item nos. JM 1-72, and JM 120-65. See also previous item.
Height: 34.5 cm. Width: approx. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Minor warping. Slight fractures.
Provenance:
1. Private collection, The Netherlands.
2. On loan to the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, 1967-2017, item no. MB00355.
