An original Chanukah menorah made from a wooden rifle butt. Israel, 1960s.
The body of the menorah is made of wood, and on it are 9 candle holders made of the rifle’s shells. The menorah’s stand is also a used copper shell.
Height: 18 cm, width: 30 cm. Very fine condition.
Chanuka menorah, brass. Holland, 19th century.
Length: 21 cm. Height: 24 cm. Backplate with sides, casting and boring work. חנוכה at center. Hook for the shamash on top (the shamash is missing). Topped by a Star of David. Missing the tin background.
Fine condition.
Brass Chanukah menorah. Morocco, 19th century.
Length: 20 cm. Height: 23 cm. Backplate with sides. Casting and boring work. Two roosters on the sides. Typical windows at center of the backplate, topped by a sun.
Fine condition.
Large bronze Chanukah menorah. Germany, end of 19th-early 20th century.
Height: 94 cm. Maximum width: 65 cm.
Made of cast bronze. Four sections, a round base, on which are unique button and flower decorations. On the upper section are eight branches with decorations of leaves and flowers in an art nouveau style. In the center is a tall shamash.
The screw rod is new. Fine condition.
Cast and engraved brass. Fine engraving over the entire surface of the Menorah. The foreground is made of windows in many shapes. Four birds are positioned on the right and left. On the top is a pleasantly decorated ring for hanging. The shamash is hanging in the center. Height: 38 cm. Width: 24 cm. Fine condition. For similar menorahs refer to the Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art, the Israel Museum, pp 238-244, and ‘Chanuka Menorahs from the Z. Shulman Exhibition in the Israel Museum’, Jerusalem, 2002, page 57.
A small Chanuka menorah made of brass, with the shape of lions holding a crown in one hand and onto the base of the menorah from the Temple with the other hand. Tall shamash. Wide vessels for oil. Length: 10 cm. Height: 11 cm. Fine condition.
Casted brass. Shaped like lions holding a stepped menorah with a crown at its upper section and “shamash” at its head. Hebrew text on the bottom “L’Hadlik Ner Chanuka” in an arch. Length: 18 cm. Height: 17 cm. Minimal blemishes, traces of lighting material. Fine condition.
Chanuka menorah – silver [marked, English hallmarks]. Star of David at the top of the menorah, later inscription on the base from the Belfast synagogue to Mr. B. Cohen in honor of his 70th birthday. Weight: 233 grams. Height: 23 cm.
A brass menorah with a backplate, produced by Norblin & Co., Warsaw [Warszawa], 19th century. [The company’s stamp and the location appear on the rear side]. The company produced Judaica products and other works between 1870-1900. On the front is repousse work depicting two lions holding a menorah, the Shamash is on the upper left hand side [with a small hole for oil], a Torah crown on its top and four stylized legs. Dimensions: Height: 27 cm. Length: 22 cm. Fine condition.
Brass Chanuka menorah, decorated. Height: 30 cm. Length 26 cm. Fine condition.
A Chanuka menorah from Jerusalem with the writing: “HaNerot Halulu Kodesh Hem”. Lions and a crown. Length: 20 cm. Height: 11 cm. Changes of color and aging stains. Moderate condition.
Chanuka menorah made of copper repousse, remnants of silver coating. Shapes of lions, Temple, and a Torah crown at the top. At the front part is a pleasant lattice encircling the candles. Hanging shamash. Decorated legs. Length: 31 cm. Height: 32 cm. Signs of corrosion, slight blemishes. One leg is missing and was replaced at a later date. It is possible that the oil jug is lacking in its top section. Moderate-fine condition.
A brass Chanuka Menorah. On the front are figures of soldiers in typical dress from the period of the Maccabees and the words “Milchemet HaMakabim [Maccabean Wars]”, stars of David on the right and left. Length: 23 cm. Height: 11 cm. Weight: 1 kg. Fine condition.
Brass Chanuka menorah. Yizkor candle and memorial for Holocaust victims. Length: 27 cm. Fine condition.
A curved Hanukkah menora made of brass. Different shades of red, blue green and white. On the front of the menorah are soldiers in Western European uniforms [the Maccabees?] With spears [with the shape of the Star of David] and swords turn toward the gate of the Jerusalem which serves as the “shamash”. The text ירושליים [with two “yuds”] appears at the top of the gate, and the word “Shalom” is written on the front. At the bottom of the menorah: made in israel. This is an uniquely-styled, unknown Chanuka menorah. Length: 28 cm Height: 12 cm. Good condition.
Cast brass. A golden Hanukkah lamp made of stairs, arched in shape. The front and the inner wall have a wall [with a gate]. Engraving work. The back of the lamp is connected with a screw. Height: 14 cm. Length: 15 cm. Fine condition.
An original Chanuka menorah made of a wooden rifle butt. The body of the menorah is made of wood, on top of which are 9 candle holders (and shamash) made from rifle shells. The menorah’s base is also a used copper shell. Height: 18 cm. Length: 31 cm. Remnants of wax, very fine condition.
An original Menorah made of a wooden rifle butt with the symbol of the Area Defense Forces. The body of the menorah is made of wood, on top of which are 9 candle holders [and shamash] made from the rifle’s shells. On the side of the base is the symbol of the Area Defense Forces. The Area Defense Forces was a military defense system to defend the county’s frontier areas. Its job was to work with the regular army units to block enemy invasion until army reserve units are mobilized. The Area Defense Forces were increased following the Yom Kippur War, when the possibility of the enemy being the first to strike arose and there was a great need for a defensive system which could be operated as soon as possible and temporarily block the enemy advance. In August 1977 it was decided to unify the Area Defense Force with the Civil Defense Command. Length: 30 cm. Height: 6 cm. Fine condition.
An original Chanuka menorah made of a wooden rifle butt. The body of the menorah is made of wood, on which are 9 candle holders (one a shamash), made of the rifle’s shells. The menorah’s base is made from three used copper shells. Height: 10 cm. Length: 31 cm. Very fine condition.
A menorah made of steel, with the letters צ.ה.ל welded on the top. Length: 36 cm. Height: 12 cm. Fine condition.
Miniature Chanukah travel menorah, in the form of a book . [Silver?]
The book’s binding is a decorative cut in the shapes of deer, birds, leaves and flowers. “Chanukah” is written on the book’s spine. Opening the book reveals eight small rectangular-shaped vessels. Four vessels are attached with hinges, opening outwards, two on each side.
Size: 7×9 cm.
Condition: Fine.
Magnificent silver backplate menorah. Cutout and hammer work. Stand for fruit with a bird on top at the center of the backplate. Two palm trees, on the right and the left. Shamash shaped like a bird with a vessel on top of it. Eight vessels surrounded by a floral fence.
Length: 24 cm. Height: 27 cm. Depth: 8 cm.
Fine condition.
Chanukah menorah made by Noga, Israel c. 1950s.
Original design of vessels in the form of Maccabee soldiers holding their weapons and turning towards the Jerusalem wall.
Length: 30 cm.
Maximum height: 14 cm.
Fine condition.
Menorah with a back for Chanukah. Italy, 19th Century.
Copper menorah with a hole for hanging. Without the decorations which hung in the center of the back of the menorah. The vessels are apparently not original.
Length: 41 cm. Width: 24 cm.
Moderate condition. Weldings and repairs.
