OHA 1993

1993 silver plated 19th C. Polish menorah 

- A silver-plated 19th century Polish Chanukah menorah drawing

Art: 1993 
Media: two tones of sepia ink, with melted candle wax 

Framed, 28 inches H x 21 W [71 cm. H x 53.3]

Title inscription in sepia ink at the base of the lamp: 
SWIECZNIK CHANUKOWY, POSREBRZANY XIX / Segan ‘93
POLISH MENORAH, 19th C., IN THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF THE OLD SYNAGOGUE AT UL.
SZEROKA 24, CRACOW

Inscribed, at lower left:
To aunt Judy & uncle Ben!
(My uncle, who passed on in 2018, was a US Army combat veteran who served in Italy, France and Germany during WWII).

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The original menorah is in the collection of the Jewish Synagogue Museum, Ulica. Szeroka 24, Krakow. (Ulica translates to street in English). Segan visited the museum in 1985.

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A photo of the menorah is seen on page 129 in the book Zydzi Polscy - Dzieje i kultura (Polish Jewry - Art & Culture), pub. by Interpress, Warsaw, 1982.