Spice box

Name/Title

Spice box

Entry/Object ID

K_1036

Description

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1837 . Dedicated in 1890. Baluster shaped body with removable lid to reveal spice chamber. Inscribed in Dutch and Hebrew “Aangeboden door de Vereeniging Ahavat Hessed provided by the ‘Ahavat Hessed’ Organization 5650 1890. Similar Dutch spice containers can be found in Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, item nos. M001387, M001323, M010676, M010674, M010675, and M011862. 4.9” tall.

Made/Created

Artist

Jan Georg Grebe Jr.

Date made

1837

Place

* Untyped Place

Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Dimensions

Height

4-7/8 in

Material

silver