Hanukkah

Hanukkah commemorates the miraculous reconsecration of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees in 164 B.C.E, following their victory over the Syrian-Greek armies of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The main feature of the festival is the lighting at home of an additional light of the Hanukkah lamp on each of the eight days of the festival (25 Kislev - 2 Tevet). More

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Hanukkah lamp with architectural façade shape Venice (?), Italy 17th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with sea horses, mermaids, and putti Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with rampant lions Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp decorated with grotesques, dragons, sphinx, and cornucopias Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp with depictions of angels and horn-blowing centaurs Italy 16th century
Early triangular Hanukkah lamp Northern Italy or France 15th-16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with family emblem, angels, and grotesque figures Italy 17th century	Hanukkah lamp (?) Egypt or Syria 12th-13th century	Hanukkah lamp France or northern Italy 15th-16th century	Hanukkah lamp with depiction of two dragons Germany 14th-15th century (?)
Hanukkah lamp adorned with spoked wheels and servant light shaped like a warrior Germany Late 16th or early 17th century	Early triangular Hanukkah lamp Sicily Late 15th century	Hanukkah lamp decorated in ''European arabesque'' Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp with depiction of flaming altar flanked by lions Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with mermaids, angels, and dolphins Italy 16th century
Hanukkah lamp decorated with centaurs and Medusa head Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp with openwork scaled pattern Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with family emblem featuring menorah and rampant lions Italy 17th century	Hanukkah lamp decorated with dragons’ silhouette Italy 18th century (?)	Small Hanukkah lamp shaped like a gate Italy 18th century