Hanukkah lamp
Ludwig Wolpert
(German, active in Frankfurt, Jerusalem and New York, 1900–1981)
circa 1960
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight x width: 33 x 27.6 x 15.2 cm (13 x 10 7/8 x 6 in.)
Credit LineCharles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession number2013.987
On View
On viewClassificationsMetalwork
Inscriptions"To praise you is a delight.” This is a verse from the “Ma’oz Tzur” , a liturgical poem sung after lighting the Hanukkah candles.ProvenanceOctober 25, 2000, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, lot 185, to Charles and Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
mid-15th century
late 15th century (?)
mid-14th–mid-15th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
late 15th–early 16th century
11th–12th century
about 1475
15th–early 16th century (?)