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Hanukkah lamp adorned with emblem of Prague Jewry and figures of Moses and Aaron Prague, Bohemia 18th century	Early triangular Hanukkah lamp Southern France or Spain 14th century	Hanukkah lamp made of tin intended for sardine cans Mazagan, Morocco ca. 1950 Maker: Meir Ben Ammi	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Temple Menorah Tétouan, Morocco Late 19th or early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with damascene technique Ghardaia, Algeria Silversmith: Yacob Chekrone (1914–1979)
Hanukkah lamp modeled after ancient earthenware lamps Djerba, Tunisia ca. 18th century	Hanukkah lamp with a depiction of the prophet Zechariah's vision Rome, Italy	Hanukkah lamp in early Sicilian triangular form Sicily Late 15th century	Hanukkah lamp inscribed with the passage "We kindle these lights . . ." Germany	Hanukkah lamp inscribed with blessings, and adorned with warriors, lions, and bears Leipzig, Germany Early 18th century
Hanukkah lamp with High Priest kindling the Temple Menorah and Bar Kokhba coins Jerusalem, Israel 1914-29 Sharar workshop, Bezalel	“Garden of Eden” Hanukkah lamp Galicia, Poland ca. 1800	Hanukkah lamp with bust of Emperor Josef II, and emblem of Austrian Empire Moravia Late 18th century	Hanukkah lamp with Hebrew inscription Moravia	Hanukkah lamp adorned with figure of warrior wearing a laurel wreath France 17th century
Early triangular Hanukkah lamp Northern Italy or France 15th-16th century	Hanukkah lamp composed of nine little bowls Afghanistan Early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp in the shape of a bench Vienna, Austria	Small Hanukkah lamp adorned with Austrian emblem and Tablets of the Law Vienna, Austria	Hanukkah lamp made from Austrian army helmet Austria 18th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with peacock with outspread tail Vienna, Austria 1872-1922	Hanukkah lamp with depiction of eagle with outspread wings Lemberg, Austrian Empire (today Lvov, Ukraine)	Hanukkah lamp inscribed with benediction over lights Hungary, Austrian Empire 1767-1807 Silversmith: Johann Mather Kiermayer (?) (1767–1807)	Chased stone Hanukkah lamp with name of owner or artist Talaint, Morocco 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with birds and fleur-de-lis Demnate, Morocco 19th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with Stars of David, birds, and fleur-de-lis Larache, Morocco Late 19th – early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Stars of David and hamsas Marrakesh, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century	Roofed Hanukkah lamp, decorated in openwork Marrakesh, Morocco Late 19th – early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Moorish gates and fleurs-de-lis Sefrou, Morocco 19th century	Roofed Hanukkah lamp adorned with Star of David Marrakesh, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with serrated arch Fez, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century	Triangular Hanukkah lamp Assire, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with three demonic figures Fez, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Temple Menorah Tétouan, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp decorated in high relief Marrakesh, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with heart shapes Meknès, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with gates and rosettes Sefrou, Morocco 19th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Moorish gates and fleurs-de-lis Sefrou, Morocco 19th century	Stone Hanukkah lamp with two oil containers Tahala, Morocco 18th - early 19th century	Dark stone Hanukkah lamp with three oil containers Taroudant, Morocco 18th - early 19th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with cylindrical columns Tétouan, Morocco Late 19th - early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with songbirds Algeria Late 19th - early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with oil jars Algeria Late 19th - early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp shaped like a palace, surmounted by Islamic crescent and star Laghouat, Algeria Silversmith: Lallu Eliyahu	Hanukkah lamp shaped like a gate Italy 18th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with towers and city wall Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with wall structure and fleur-de-lis Italy 17th century	Hanukkah lamp with hand pouring oil from jug to menorah Torino, Italy 18th century	Triangular Hanukkah lamp adorned with gate flanked by tendrils Italy 17th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with emblem of the Foa family (renowned book printers) Italy 18th century
Hanukkah lamp with depiction of flaming altar flanked by lions Italy 16th century	Imitation shekel Germany 15th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with roaring lions Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with mermaids, angels, and dolphins Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with family emblem, angels and grotesque figures Italy 17th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with sea horses, mermaids, and babies Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp with depictions of angels and horn-blowing centaurs Italy 16th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with family emblem featuring menorah and rampant lions Italy 17th century	Tin Eisen Hanukkah lamp shaped like a sofa Germany 19th century	Hanukkah lamp with glass and mirror panels Germany 19th century
Hanukkah lamp with depiction of hunting scene Germany 17th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with dolphins holding small pails Horb am Neckar, Germany 18th century Maker: Carl Sichler	Hanukkah lamp shaped like a bench Southern Germany 18th-19th century	Standing tin Hanukkah lamp Southern Germany 19th–20th century	Hanukkah lamp in the form of a gate surmounted by a servant light shaped like a sailboat Berlin, Germany
Hanukkah lamp with the figure of Judith lighting the menorah and her maidservant Germany 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with the figures of Judith, her maidservant, and a warrior Nuremberg, Germany	Hanukkah lamp adorned with spoked wheels and servant light shaped like a warrior Germany Late 16th or early 17th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Hanukkah lamp flanked by rampant lions Frankfurt, Germany 1748-76 Silversmith: Rötger (Rüdiger) Herfurth (active 1748–76)	Hanukkah lamp shaped like the Temple Menorah and surmounted by figure of Judith Frankfurt, Germany Late 17th century Silversmith: Johann Valentin Schuller (1650–1726)
Hanukkah lamp adorned with Temple Menorah and Bar Kokhba coins Jerusalem 1914-29 Sharar workshop, Bezalel	Hanukkah lamp showing Maccabees purifying the Temple Jerusalem 1914-29 Sharar workshop, Bezalel	Hanukkah lamp adorned with menorah and lions Jerusalem 1914-29 Sharar workshop, Bezalel	Small Hanukkah lamp adorned with gazelles Jerusalem 1914-29 Sharar workshop, Bezalel	Hanging Hanukkah lamp modeled after ancient oil lamps Jerusalem 1912-29 Artist: Ze'ev Raban, Bezalel
Hanukkah lamp with armed figure raising a flag Israel ca. 1950	Small Hanukkah lamp adorned with the emblem of the State of Israel Israel ca. 1950	Hanukkah lamp made of glass beads Jerusalem ca. 1900	Hanukkah lamp shaped like a house with chimneys Mea She’arim neighborhood, Jerusalem	Tin Hanukkah lamp adorned with birds Land of Israel 19th century
Hanukkah lamp made of plaques for Torah finials Jerusalem 19th century	Standing olive wood Hanukkah lamp Land of Israel 1935-40	Turquoise Hanukkah lamp Israel ca. 1950	Stone Hanukkah lamp inscribed with blessings recited over the lights Jerusalem ca. 1900	Heart-shaped Hanukkah lamp Bombay, India 20th century
Hanukkah lamp adorned with Star of David India Early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with row of flames Ernakulam, Cochin, India Late 19th – early 20th century	Arched Hanukkah lamp with plain surface Cochin, India 19th century	Stone Hanukkah lamp with remnant of early handle (?) Yemen 1930s	Stone Hanukkah lamp with additional cavity for used wicks Yemen 1930s
Stone Hanukkah lamp with additional cavity for used wicks Yemen 1930s	Dark stone Hanukkah lamp shaped as a star Yemen 1930s	Light stone Hanukkah lamp shaped as a star Yemen 1930s	Hanukkah lamp adorned with the blessing over the lights Syria 19th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with damascene work and a crescent Damascus, Syria Silversmith: Morice Masslaton
Hanukkah lamp shaped like a Torah ark surrounded by mythical beasts and birds Warsaw, Poland Mid-19th century Silversmith: Kazimierz Klimaszewski (active 1830– 51)	Hanukkah lamp adorned with the blessing over the lights Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with bear and griffins Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with deer, lions, birds and a row of fishes Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with vase flanked by crouching lions Poland 18th century
Hanukkah lamp modeled after synagogue facade Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Sabbath candlesticks Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with rows of birds Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Tablets of the Law Warsaw, Poland Late 19th - early 20th century Manufacturer: Morblin&Co	Standing Hanukkah lamp adorned with lions and eagle Galicia, Poland 19th century
Standing Hanukkah lamp with oil fonts and fastening pins for candles Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Temple Menorah and hands raised for Priestly Benediction Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp in the shape of an elaborate building façade Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with hands raised for the Priestly Benediction Poland 18th century	Hanukkah lamp inscribed with Jacob’s blessing to Joseph Baghdad, Iraq Early 20th century
*Hanukkah lamp adorned with hamsas, crescents, and birds* Baghdad, Iraq Early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp in the shape of a gate with lion-shaped oil fonts Zhitomir, Ukraine	Hanukkah lamp in the shape of an elaborate Torah ark, crowned with a conch Lvov, Ukraine 1787-99	Hanukkah lamp in the shape of a Torah ark, with lion-shaped oil fonts Ukraine 18th century	Hanukkah lamp surmounted by clock Moscow, Russia
“Ba’al Shem Tov Hanukkah lamp“ with emblem of Russian eagle Ukraine Early 19th century	Porcelain Hanukkah lamp adorned with pastoral scene Gorodnitza (?), Ukraine 19th century	Porcelain Hanukkah lamp painted with bouquet of flowers Gorodnitza, Ukraine 19th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with Temple Menorah flanked by lions Russia Early 20th century	Hanukkah lamp with the figures of Moses and Aaron Berdichev, Ukraine Early 20th century
Hanukkah lamp in the shape of an eight-branched candelabrum Russia 1896-1908	Hanukkah lamp adorned with fleurs-de-lis Netherlands 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with hearts and two figures Netherlands 18th century	Hanukkah lamp shaped like neoclassical sofa Netherlands 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with city emblem and family emblems Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hanukkah lamp adorned with heart and circles Netherlands 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with hearts and flowers Netherlands 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with figures of the Biblical spies in European dress, with city emblem of The Hague, and with hot-air balloons The Hague, Netherlands 19th century	Synagogue Hanukkah lamp, on three legs shaped like small rampant horses Poland (?), Eastern Europe 18th century	Large Synagogue Hanukkah lamp with conch-shaped candle sockets Lvov, Poland 17th century
Synagogue Hanukkah lamp Poland 17th century	Synagogue Hanukkah lamp with tall pins for wax candles Central Europe Early 18th century	Synagogue Hanukkah lamp surmounted by crowned eagle holding scepter and sword Poland 18th century	Lead spinning top Poland 19th-20th century	Hanukkah spinning top Poland 20th century
Spinning top Poland 19th century	Spinning top Poland 19th century	Spinning top Poland 19th century	Spinning top from the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts Jerusalem 20th century	Lead spinning top Land of Israel 19th-20th century
Spinning top Germany Early 20th century	Jewish National Fund spinning top Land of Israel Early 20th century	Spinning top inscribed with the name Pinhas Dov Even Zahav Poland	Spinning top inscribed with the name Pinhas Dov Even Zahav Poland	Spinning top and its mold Poland 20th century
Spinning top Poland 19th century	Lead spinning top Poland 19th-20th century	Lead spinning tops Poland 19th-20th century	Wine bottle Bohemia 19th century	Cup for the "Purim Rabbi" Bohemia 19th century
Purim dolls Sana'a, Yemen 1930s	Purim plate Les Islettes, Lorraine, France 18th century	Esther scroll and page with accompanying blessings Netherlands Artist: Abraham de Chaves	Esther scroll case France 1838-1919	Case for Esther scroll Rhodes, Ottoman empire 19th century
Esther scroll case Poland	Esther scroll with the wheel of the zodiac Germany Early 18th century	Esther scroll and case Morocco Second half of the 19th century	Esther scroll Persia	Esther scroll Netherlands (?) 17th century (?) Artist: David son of Jacob Katz
Purim whistle noisemaker Russia or Poland 19th century	Purim noisemaker Vienna, Austria	Noisemaker Central Europe 19th century	Purim noisemaker Morocco 20th century	Purim noisemaker Land of Israel 20th century
Purim noisemaker Land of Israel 20th century	Purim noisemaker Land of Israel 20th century	Purim noisemaker Land of Israel 20th century	Hanukkah lamp with hand pouring oil from jug to menorah Italy 18th century	Hanukkah lamp adorned with two figures and crown Netherlands 18th century

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