Creator Bio
Caspar Birckenholtz
17th Century
Caspar Birckenholtz was a silversmith in Frankfurt am Main in the seventeenth century.
Content by Caspar Birckenholtz
Primary Source
Silver Hanukkah Lamp
This Hanukkah lamp from Frankfurt am Main, like the earliest known silver Hanukkah lamps made in Germany, is shaped like a chest and resembles inkwells of the period. This one is relatively…
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1500–1750
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