Bidspirit auction | Elegant Silver Spice Container. Apparently

Elegant Silver Spice Container. Apparently Germany of Austiria in the 19th Century - Original Hebrew engraving of the famed Biblical text: ”וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת לְדֹרֹתָם בְּרִית עוֹלָם”.  Elegant, early silver container which opens with an upper door. Divided into six small compartments for placing spices for the Havadalah ceremony on Motza'ei Shabbat.  The silversmith decorated the upper side  with an engraved scroll with the text of the Kiddush.  Not hallmarked.  Silver containers with an inner compartmentalization were often used as spice containers for Havdalah.