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Silver Spice Tower. Hanau. c. 1900


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Silver Spice Tower. Hanau. c. 1900

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.