A SILVER FILIGREE SPICETOWER, set on four hemispherical supports, an openwork domed rectangular base, a wire-work stem with ball-knob, the square spice-section fitted with a gallery and a hinged door, the two-tiered spire fitted with a scrolled foliate gallery, three windows mounted with rozettes and an open window showing an applied trembling dove holding a small ball in it's beak, the tapering second tier surmounted by a ball and deer-shaped flag, apparently unmarked, Austria-Hungary, 19th Century

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A SILVER FILIGREE SPICETOWER, set on four hemispherical supports, an openwork domed rectangular base, a wire-work stem with ball-knob, the square spice-section fitted with a gallery and a hinged door, the two-tiered spire fitted with a scrolled foliate gallery, three windows mounted with rozettes and an open window showing an applied trembling dove holding a small ball in it's beak, the tapering second tier surmounted by a ball and deer-shaped flag, apparently unmarked, Austria-Hungary, 19th Century
32.7 cm high (398gr)

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