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LOT 15:
Large Tower-Shaped Spicebox Adorned with Eagles – Russian Empire, 1889
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Large Tower-Shaped Spicebox Adorned with Eagles – Russian Empire, 1889
Silver, cast; filigree.
Hallmarks: · Marked on flag and on two of the legs with fineness mark "84"; · The initials "OM" (assayer's mark); · The year "1889".
Havdalah spicebox ("Hadas") in the form of a tall tower with a conical spire surmounted by a sphere, a flag, and an eagle in flight. Three eagles adorn the base of the spire’s cone. Hexagonal spice compartment, surmounted by six eagles, each perched on a sphere. Six bells dangle from the corners at the bottom of the spice compartment. Supported by a tall, broad, crown-shaped base in turn supported on three legs, shaped like animal legs. Four eagles sit perched on top of the large ring that forms the base of the crown.
Height: 35 cm. Overall good condition.
Exhibitions:
1. London, Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1906, item no. 1102 or 1109. Documented in a photograph in an article reporting on this particular exhibition: "The Exhibition of Jewish Art and Antiquities, Part 2 – Ecclesiastical Art", The Jewish Chronicle, November 16, 1906, pp. 17-20 (illustrated on p. 20).
2. Glasgow, Festival of Jewish Arts Exhibition, McLellan Galleries, 1951, item no. 248.
3. Basel, Jewish Museum of Switzerland, JMS 1040.
Provenance:
1. Collection of Solomon David Schloss (1815-1911).
2. Lewis Raphael Castle (1858-1932), son of the above.
3. Peter Castle (1922-2011), grandson of the above.
4. Heirs of the above.
This item appears in the inventory list of the Schloss Collection, dated 1923 (see appendix, pp. 146-148), and is documented in a 1931 collection photograph (see p. 11).
