Bidspirit auction | Rare Hanukkah Menorah - Morocco

Rare Hanukkah Menorah - Morocco - Israeli flags Hanukkah lamp. Morocco, Essaouira (?), [circa 1948-1950]. brass sheet sawn and engraved; Cast brass. The back wall is designed as a horseshoe arch with a pointed edge, topped with a cut Star of David decoration. Decorated with the two tablets of the covenant, (with the inscription ”Shani Lahat”), a crown, the flags of Israel and the inscription ”Let a Hanukkah candle be lit (!)”. At the bottom is a row of pointed horseshoe arches. A row of molded bilges and a lower basin with pinched edges. The decorations of the menorah in front of us are very similar to the decorations of the seder plate that appears in this catalog (see item 617 and also see ”Kedem” catalog no. 28, item 129) and it is possible that they were made by the same artist. Height: 28.5 cm, width: 22 cm. Good condition. A few bends.