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LOT 33:
Silver Spice Tower. Hanau. c. 1900
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Start price:
$
1,500
Estimated price:
$2,000 - $3,000
Auction house commission:
22%
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VAT: On commission only
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Spice Tower - silver marked "N" [Nuremberg, but actually Hanau] and other silver marks.
Description: Height: 22 cm. Width: 5 cm.
Silver, engraved, bored and sawed. Square tower with two levels. One level has four turrets with flags on its corners, a "porch" with a lattice gate, a flag-bearing turret at its head, windows, a door that opens for spices. Decorations shaped like a brick wall. One of the panels has an engraved sundial.
Background: This creative tower is styled like that of famed artisan J. Rimonim. For similar spice towers, refer to The Stieglitz Collection: Masterpieces of Jewish Art, Chaya Benjamin, catalog #72 and Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica, Yeshaya Shachar, catalog #238.
Condition: Fine. The flags are twisted and bent.
