SPICE TOWER

This beautiful silver tower is one of many crafted for use during the Jewish ritual of Havdalah C.1800 1900

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While we might immediately think of spices as ingredients used to add flavour to our diet, throughout history and around the world they continue to serve many other purposes.

One of these has been in religious and spiritual ceremonies such as the Jewish ritual of Havdalah, which ends the Shabbat. The ceremony involves wine, a candle and of course - fragrant spices. Throughout the centuries many beautiful spice boxes or spice towers have been made for this ritual.