Lot 158
  • 158

A SILVER FILIGREE AND 'GEM'-SET SPICE TOWER

Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base with 1806 Polish control marks.
  • silver, gemstones
  • height 12 1/4 in.
  • 31 cm
square openwork domed base with gem-set flowers, openwork rococo baluster stem, square filigree chamber with cast balustrade hung with fruit swags, filigree columns topped by flowers, double-tiered cupola with flower spray finial, the base probably circa 1800.

Provenance

Zagayski Collection, J119

Exhibited

New York, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, The Collector's Room:  Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection, 1993, no. 4, illus.

Condition

Repairs to finial.
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