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LOTE 33:
Silver Spice Tower. Hanau. c. 1900
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Precio inicial:
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1 500
Precio estimado :
$2 000 - $3 000
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 22%
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IVA: 17%
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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.
