Auction 70 · Lot 65
CONTINENTAL SILVER SPICE TOWER.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Inscribed 1836
Description
Of classic steeple form, square container with hinged door engraved in Hebrew: “Year [5]596”; Hebrew blessings for Havdalah engraved along each of the remaining sides. Spire engraved with stylized flower buds and topped with knop and floral pennant. The whole set on round foot. Repaired. Marked (indecipherable). Height: 7.5 inches.
summary
For a similar example, see Israel Museum Catalogue, Towers of Spice (1982) p. 45.