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Hanukkah Menorah

Culture: German
Medium: Silver-plate
Possible Place Made: Germany
Dates: ca. 1820
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 16 x 4 in. (36.8 x 40.6 x 10.2 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 49.228.3
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Moses Spatt
Image: Overall, 49.228.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Hanukkah Menorah, wrought silver-plate, candelabrum type Menorah with fluted columnar shaft on square pedestal. Base is domed and banded with gadrooning. There are eight branching candle arms, with cylindrical candleholders and a circular supporting discs. Neo-classical design. Condition: Fair. One branch broken off and repaired by the Brooklyn Museum Conservation Laboratory in March 1950. Same arm repaired by Cliff Silver Company in 1974. Servitor missing.

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