Hanukkah Menorah

Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified

Categories: Furniture / Lamps and other light fittings

Object Data

 

Artist

Museum

Inventory Number

ÖMV/45981

Description

Hanukkah menorah. Bench-shaped menorah, heavy brass casting, candleholders screwed on to the rear panel. An elongated row of eight candleholders with four small feet is cast as a coherent whole. Rear panel molded to portray a seven-armed menorah enclosed by an crowned oval ring. Two lions stand opposite each other holding the medallion. 

Height

16.5 cm

Width

15 cm

Provenance Data

 

Former owner according to museum / collection

Unknown

Provenance

Purchase from a private collection

Provenance according to museum / collection

Acquired at the Wiener Tandelmarkt from Kriminalkommissär Fröschl

Recommendation

No recommendation has been issued yet.

Committee in charge

Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art

Decision

No decision has been reached so far.

Implementation

The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.

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