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MAKER'S MARK OF ABRAM REINER (ACTIVE FROM BEFORE 1851 UNTIL THE 1870'S), WARSAW, 1864. MARKED WITH MARK OF THE WARSAW ASSAYER'S OFFICE, THE DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE, AND THE INITIALS I.S. OF THE ASSAYER, THE YEAR 1864 AND STAMPED WITH THE SILVER MARK 84. MARKED WITH MAKER'S MARK AR IN OVAL FIELD, AND MARKED WITH A RUNNING DEER, WORKSHOP MARK IN OVAL FIELD
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A silver tower-form spice container
Maker's mark of Abram Reiner (active from before 1851 until the 1870's), Warsaw, 1864.
Marked with mark of the Warsaw assayer's office, the double-headed eagle, and the initials I.S. of the assayer, the year 1864 and stamped with the silver mark 84. Marked with maker's mark AR in oval field, and marked with a running deer, workshop mark in oval field
Set on a square domed base, skirted stem, the concave cubic spice section, chased with flowerheads and foliage, fitted with a hinged door and four pennants on the corners, surmounted by a two-tiered spire, hung with one bell, terminating in ball and pennant finial
27.7 cm. (10.7 in.) high
(206 gr.)
Maker's mark of Abram Reiner (active from before 1851 until the 1870's), Warsaw, 1864.
Marked with mark of the Warsaw assayer's office, the double-headed eagle, and the initials I.S. of the assayer, the year 1864 and stamped with the silver mark 84. Marked with maker's mark AR in oval field, and marked with a running deer, workshop mark in oval field
Set on a square domed base, skirted stem, the concave cubic spice section, chased with flowerheads and foliage, fitted with a hinged door and four pennants on the corners, surmounted by a two-tiered spire, hung with one bell, terminating in ball and pennant finial
27.7 cm. (10.7 in.) high
(206 gr.)