The Lindo Hanukah Lamp

The Jewish museum have acquired the Lindo Lamp (1709) - the earliest known English Hanukah lamp commissioned and owned by Issac Lindo one of the founders of the Bevis Marks Synagogue.

The Lindo Lamp
The Lindo Lamp
Nation/region
London
Grant awarded
£145,000
Award date
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The museum has raised grants totalling £282,000 in order to purchase this unique piece of 18th century silver Judaica from its current owners.  The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) contributed £145,000 while the independent charity, The Art Fund, and the MLA /V&A Purchase Fund awarded £75,000 and £30,000 respectively, and the remaining funds have now been raised from private sources to secure the future of this outstanding item in the museum’s collection and to prevent it from