Lot 192
  • 192

Two Polish silver filigree spice containers

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • the first marked on ring with Austrian control mark for Lemberg 1810-24.
  • silver
  • length of the first 6 1/4 in.; length of the second 3 3/8 in.
  • 16 cm; 8.6 cm
the first of fruit form with branch and leaf; the second pear-form with engraved bands of foliage, pierced screw top with applied flowerhead terminal.

Exhibited

New York, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, The Collector's Room: Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection, 1993, nos. 47 and 49, illus.

Condition

filigree example lacks a flowerhead; pear-form one without ring finial and with tiny dings, but nice engraving
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