A SILVER SPICETOWER, set on a circular spirally fluted domed base with spreading rim and a spirally fluted tapering cylindrical stem, the square spice-section pierced and engraved with four clock-faces with movable hands and Roman numerals, one side fitted with a hinged door, surmounted by a pierced spire with four turrets on the corners each topped by a compressed ball and pierced pennant finial, Germany, circa 1900 | Christie's

Lot 119

119

A SILVER SPICETOWER, set on a circular spirally fluted domed base with spreading rim and a spirally fluted tapering cylindrical stem, the square spice-section pierced and engraved with four clock-faces with movable hands and Roman numerals, one side fitted with a hinged door, surmounted by a pierced spire with four turrets on the corners each topped by a compressed ball and pierced pennant finial, Germany, circa 1900

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A SILVER SPICETOWER, set on a circular spirally fluted domed base with spreading rim and a spirally fluted tapering cylindrical stem, the square spice-section pierced and engraved with four clock-faces with movable hands and Roman numerals, one side fitted with a hinged door, surmounted by a pierced spire with four turrets on the corners each topped by a compressed ball and pierced pennant finial, Germany, circa 1900
24.5 cm high(213gr)

For a similar spicetower, see the catalogue of the Silberwaaren-Fabrik "Lazarus Posen Witwe" p. 24 no. 7586

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