Locomotive form, consisting of horizontal cylinder with two filigree panels, topped by two smokestacks, set onto two twisted wire axles with bud-spoke wheels. Hinged door at front for inserting spices. Marked on base and door lip. W: 67mm.

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SILVER SPICE CONTAINER Imported to Vienna, 1872 - 1901.

See I. Shachar, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica (1971) No. 280, p. 102.