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Actions Displays	Oil Lamp Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM1991/007:002 TitleOil Lamp DescriptionBrass Oil lamp. According to the label on the box in which it is stored, it is antique. It has a back plate pierced with graceful entwined foliage centering on the shamash . The back plate is lit by a row of eight oil pans, each with a well and a protruding lip to receive the wax. The row of pans has been cast separately and is secured by projections which fit into slots in the back plate. The single matching pan for the shamash is pinned in a similar way. This style of Chanukiah was originally intended to be hung against a wall. SubjectHanukkah, Judaica, sefirot Object namechanukiah Materialbrass Dimensions width: 120.00 mm height: 145.00 mm depth: 40.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Tom and Eva Rona

Object numberM1991/007:002

TitleOil Lamp

DescriptionBrass Oil lamp. According to the label on the box in which it is stored, it is antique. It has a back plate pierced with graceful entwined foliage centering on the shamash . The back plate is lit by a row of eight oil pans, each with a well and a protruding lip to receive the wax. The row of pans has been cast separately and is secured by projections which fit into slots in the back plate. The single matching pan for the shamash is pinned in a similar way. This style of Chanukiah was originally intended to be hung against a wall.

SubjectHanukkah, Judaica, sefirot

Object namechanukiah

Materialbrass

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Tom and Eva Rona

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