Hanukkah lamp

The Hanukkah lamp is a candelabrum with eight receptacles for oil or candles and one more, the ninth, called Shammash, used to light the others. It commemorates the miracle that happened in the Temple of Jerusalem looted by the Greeks. With enough oil to burn for just one day, it kept buring for eight days. It is used to celebrate the Hanukkah festival. Lent in memory of Antonietta T. Feffer and Leon Feffer. Silver Hanukkah lamp. Work decorated with phytomorphic motifs. Center image, Tablets of the Ten Commandments, flanked by two rampant Lions of Judah, with a crown on top. Base with mobile structure with eight oil receptacles (two missing). Ornate base with phytomorphic motifs, two arms and four feet.