The lamp is dated 1807, and the script reads "Anno," which is the Latin word for "year." The museum also suggests a possible Munster, Germany origin, and the manner of some of the slip, such as the stripes found on the handle was also used by German potters employed in Pennsylvania in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The lamp is also supposedly marked with the maker's initials, "C.K." Similar slip-decorated red earthenware lamps may have been made in England about the same period.
However, this type of object could have been used in America, as well seeing that Jewish Americans were present in the thirteenth colonies as early as the mid-seventeenth century. The religion really began to spread to America under the English Plantation Act in 1740, and a large scale Jewish immigration began in the nineteenth century when German Jews began to arrive.
This particular example is not American made, but something like it could certainly have been used to celebrate Hanukkah in America in the early-nineteenth century. I would also not be surprised to learn if a similar object were made in this country in the nineteenth century, although it may not survive today.
Early-19th Century Slipware Hanukkah Lamp
Early-19th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Hanukkah Lamp
The Lamp is Inscribed in Slip "Anno 1807," which Translates to "Year 1807"
Probably Made in Munster, Germany, Although Similar Lamps May have Been Made in England
Probably Made in Munster, Germany, Although Similar Lamps May have Been Made in England
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Another View of the Lamp
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Another View of the Lamp
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Information on Display with the Lamp
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