German silver spice tower, Rotger Herfurth, Frankfurt, mid 18th century

of hexagonal form, plain pedestal foot, body pierced and engraved with geometric motifs, sliding bolt to the door, the rim applied with scroll brackets topped by penants, the spire with ball and penant finial, marked with maker's mark and town mark on base and door, one pennant with maker's mark and one bracket with town mark and one bracket with maker's mark. 

Good condition, however roughly finished, signs of scoring possibly from rubber bands, and splits in the body.
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Compare with a spice tower by this maker from the Furman Collection, inv. no. 139, pp. 120-121, sold Sotheby's, New York, Dec. 12, 2000, lot 59. Another is illustrated J. Weinstein, p. 63, fig. 45.