![Spicebox. [Eastern Europe, 19th century].
Silver, cast, turned, pierced and engraved (unmarked); filigree.
Spicebox,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/54_1.jpg "Filigree Spicebox – Eastern Europe, 19th Century")
![Spicebox. [Eastern Europe, 19th century].
Silver, cast, turned, pierced and engraved (unmarked); filigree.
Spicebox,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/54_2.jpg "Filigree Spicebox – Eastern Europe, 19th Century")
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Filigree Spicebox – Eastern Europe, 19th Century
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Spicebox. [Eastern Europe, 19th century].
Silver, cast, turned, pierced and engraved (unmarked); filigree.
Spicebox, stylized as a three-tiered tower with a bell gable in the center and a flag on top. Square spice container pierced with round openings coated with flower-like filigree decorations, for use in smelling the spice. Small flower-like door affixed on a hinge, with a minute handle and locking device. Stood on leg with round base, wide and graduated, decorated with vegetal patterns.
Height: 27.5 cm. Diameter of base: 7.5 cm. Weight: 225 g. Overall good condition. Old soldering repairs. Bell may be non-original. Filigree decorations may be more recent replacements of similar earlier decorations.
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