Floral bulb set on leafy stalk with lions and deer around, set on scalloped platform. Height: 7 inches.

CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT SPICE CONTAINER.

Late 19th century

For similar example of a fruit-form container supported by leafy stalk and animal figures, see Abram Kanof, Jewish Ceremonial Art and Religious Observances (1980) citing example from Collection of the Jewish Museum, New York City, colorplate 8, p. 124.