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Spice Container with Lid

Culture: Jewish
Medium: Silver
Place Made: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Dates: ca. 1900
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (17.1 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm)
Markings: On base: second dog head, "C".
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: L50.26.19a-b
Credit Line: Loaned by Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc.
Image: Overall, L50.26.19a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

Catalogue Description: (a) Spice Container, silver, domed base rises into double baluster stem, stem embossed with leafage, spice section embossed with four medallions, three identical medallions embossed with foliage, one medallion embossed with the Hebrew inscription reading "Havdalah" (means separation, the ceremony for which spice containers are used). (b) Cover embossed with identical leafage as stem. Condition: Good, finial missing.

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