A SILVER PARCEL-GILT FRUIT-SHAPED SPICECONTAINER, set on three stylized paw supports, a leaf-shaped base, embossed and chased with branches and pears, applied above with a leafy stem, set with a small pear with a hinged lid and topped by a fruit-shaped finial, the other end terminating in a gilt pear-form spice-section, the hinged lid pierced with trailing leaves, the centre applied with a bud-form knob, apparently unmarked, probably Turkey, early 19th Century