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Auction 8 · Lot 94
SILVER SPICE CONTAINER Poland, 18th century.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $1,700
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Pomander type; pear form, with pierced round container in two parts, topped by tapering smooth section . The whole fastened by interior pin with losange shaped top and bud form base. Round section engraved with foliate pattern. No marks found. H: 120mm.
summary
Spice containers of this form were often used by Hassidic Rebbes. See Stieglitz, No. 78, p. 114.