Auction 62 · Lot 308
POLISH-RUSSIAN SILVER SPICE TOWER.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Warsaw, 1875
Description
Square-shaped tower with central, curvilinear spice chamber with four pendulant bells, hinged door and set with leopards at four corners. Open belfry (bell lacking) set with four eagles, surmounted by pyramidal spire, knob and pennant finial. The whole set on baluster stem fixed upon square base. Marked: J. Kelmer. Height: 10.5 inches.
summary
Silversmith Jankiel Kelmer was active in Warsaw 1873-76 and can be identified by his trademark of a boat with single oarsman.