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.