RARE SILVER FILIGREE NER TAMID

Italian, circa 1880
The urn-shaped body with scroll motifs throughout, surmounted by voluted circular ring of similar designs fitted on sides with three scroll brackets, with three-part chain, and interesting applied bronze priestly symbols; Menorah, priestly hands emblem, incense burner and peacock on extra chain
Lamp proper 4 3/4 inches high
Overall hight 15 inches
Literature:
Yehuda Bialer, Jewish Life in Art and Tradition, England, 1975, p. 96 for similar example

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