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The Lindo lamp is a silver Chanukah menorah. It is the oldest known example of a Chanukah menorah made in Britain.〔 〕 ==History== The lamp was created by London silversmith John Ruslen in 1709.〔 〕 It was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of Elias Lindo and Rachel Lopes Ferreira.〔 〕 The couple were married at London's Bevis Marks Synagogue on February 2, 1708–09.〔Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England, Hanson & co., 1958, v. 18–19, p. 117.〕 The lamp has been on loan to the London Jewish Museum, which has displayed it for 77 years, since the day the museum opened in 1932.〔 〕 The lamp is considered to be among the most important objects in the museum's collection.〔 It is feared that if sufficient funds cannot be raised to purchase the lamp, it will be purchased by a private collector and disappear from public view.〔 If the Museum, which is undergoing a major renovation, manages to raise sufficient funds to purchase the menorah, it will be on view in a new gallery entitled "Judaism: A Living Faith", designed to display the museum's "magnificent" collection of Jewish ceremonial art. The Museum's collection of ceremonial art has been awarded "designated" status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in recognition of its outstanding national importance.〔 In 2009 the family that has long loaned the lamp to the Museum announced that it wished to sell the lamp, a price of £300,000 was set should the Museum wish to purchase the lamp.〔 The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) agreed to contribute £145,000. The Art Fund offered to contribute £75,000 and the MLA /V&A Purchase Fund £30,000, if the Museum can raise the remaining £50,000 from private donors.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindo lamp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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