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Spice Container

Culture: Jewish
Medium: Silver
Possible Place Made: Hungary
Dates: ca. 1920
Dimensions: 9 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (22.9 x 6.4 x 7 cm)
Markings: On base: "7", "M", "38"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: L50.26.9
Credit Line: Loaned by Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc.
Image: Overall, L50.26.9_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

Catalogue Description: Spice Container, silver, tower form, domed base rises into bulb-shaped stem supporting square container with hinged door, container pierced and engraved with geometric patterns, bulb-shaped roof identical to stem, conical shaft, ball finial with flag. Condition: Good.

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