Bidspirit auction | Bronze Hanukkah Menorah, Marek Szwarc

Bronze Hanukkah Menorah, Marek Szwarc - Bronze Hanukkah Menorah, made by the Polish-French artist Marek Szwarc (1892–1958), 1920s. The backplate is embossed with Cohens' hands (priestly benediction), the Tablets of the Law, a pair of lions and the Hebrew inscription: ”A candle for Hanukkah”. The artist’s name is engraved on the lower left of the backplate. Height: 30.5 cm. Missing the Shamash. See similar item: Braunstein, Susan. FIVE CENTURIES OF HANUKKAH LAMPS FROM THE JEWISH MUSEUM: A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 309.