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Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Poland, 18th century. Brass, cast, an openwork, rectangular base is screwed onto the sides, raised on four legs, and the back wall. A cuboidal tray, internally d...

Folk art Judaica, antique brass Hanukkah lamp Menorah, Poland, circa 1870. Extremely good patina, the backplate molded with two rampant lions flanking ...

The backplate is cast with two rampant Lions of Judah flanking a Tree of Life, this scene surmounted by a pair of fully formed birds. At the base of the tree in Hebrew, in high relie...

The backplate is cast and featuring a deer in the center surrounded by open scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Hanukkah Lamp...

The backplate is cast with two rampant Lions of Judah flanking a topped crown cartouche with the Temple Menorah inside, the side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a r...

Cast brass Hanukkah Lamp, Galicia, 18th century. The backplate is cast and pierced featuring dense scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah Lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Chanukah Lamp), served a purpose, having been used on one of the days that Chanukah fell on the Sabbath, as Sabbath Candlesticks. This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...