Auction 69 · Lot 338
GROUP OF SIX SILVER SPICE TOWERS
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $2,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Each of traditional form.
* Spool-shape central spice chamber, set with five bells, lions sejant along spire, and large pennant finial. Marked. (11 inches).
* Squared tower of two tiers with openwork foliate ornamentation, set on octagonal stepped base. Marked. (7.75 inches).
* Tall square filigree spice chamber with conical spire, domed base and four pennants. Marked. (11.75 inches).
* Pagoda-style, heavily chased and engraved with four pheasants and large pennant finial. Marked. (9.5 inches).
* And: Two others, similar.
summary
Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Jewish Ritual Silver and other Hebraica, March 31 and April 1st, 1954, Lot 369.