Auction 61 · Lot 420
GERMAN SILVER SPICE TOWER.
- Estimate
- $10,000–$12,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Late 18th century
Description
Of classic form, rectangular container pierced and engraved masonry and geometric designs; with turrets and flags on four cornered balustrade, conical steeple and pennant finial. Decorative hinged door with lock. The whole set on round, domed chased base. Marked (indecipherable). Height: 10 inches.
summary
For a similar example, see Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection (1987) no. 72; and for another earlier example see I. Shachar, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica (1971) no. 238.