Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
Spice Tower – Ukraine / Poland, 19th Century
Opening: $6,000
Sold for: $9,375
Including buyer's premium
Spice tower. Ukraine or Poland, [c. 1840].
Silver (marked).
Designed like a tower with four sides, at the top of the turret is a flower shaped decoration. Engraved on its body are floral and animal decorations (leopard, eagle, deer and lion), according to the saying in Pirkei Avot "Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer and mighty as a lion to do the will of your Father in Heaven".
Height: 23 cm.
Silver (marked).
Designed like a tower with four sides, at the top of the turret is a flower shaped decoration. Engraved on its body are floral and animal decorations (leopard, eagle, deer and lion), according to the saying in Pirkei Avot "Be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer and mighty as a lion to do the will of your Father in Heaven".
Height: 23 cm.