John Smyth & Sons
Synagogue Lamp

CultureIrish
Titles
  • Synagogue Lamp
Date1891
MediumSterling silver and colored stones
Dimensions41 1/2 × 17 5/16 × 16 3/4 in. (105.4 × 44 × 42.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Weingarten Schnitzer Family
Object number2023.27
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
On view

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Object Type
Provenance[The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part I, Sotheby's, New York, December 15, 2022, Lot 41]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved in Hebrew around the rim: “In eternal memory of the members of our community here in Dublin, may its Rock and Redeemer protect it, for from the year [5]552 [1791], when the synagogue was closed, nothing was done for their souls, and now, after the passage of one hundred years, the members of the community donated money to light the memorial lamp in their memory. May their souls be bound up in the Bond of Life. The eve of Rosh Hashanah [5]652 [1891].”

Engraved on the lobed medallions: the names of the Twelve Tribes of Israel


Marked on side: maker's mark for John Smyth [J.S]; Dublin assay mark [Hibernia]; Irish sterling mark [crowned harp]; date mark for 1891 [V]

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