A POLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
AUCTION 56 |
Thursday, December 06th,
2012 at 1:00
Magnificent Judaica: From the Collection of the Jewish Historial Society of England
Lot 7
A POLISH PARCEL-GILT SILVER SPICE CONTAINER.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
PRICE REALIZED $19,000
Galicia, circa 1800.
Silver filigree spice container in the tower form. Square two-tiered turret on square foot with paw feet.
Three (of four) hanging ball pendants set on lower tier, four pennants on upper tier. Shaped dome with gilt pennant at top.
Unmarked. Height: 17 1/4 inches (44.1 cm).
<<A classic spice-tower of fine workmanship.>>
For two similarly designed though shorter spice towers, see R.D. Barnett, Catalogue of the Jewish Museum London p. 78 no. 410 plate CXXII (ex Howitt Collection); and Jüdische Türme aus Schwabische Gmünd (2001) p. 69.