Spice tower
Category
Historic Services / Food & drink preparation
Date
Unknown
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Dough, Vegetal, Fruitwood?
Measurements
245 mm (Height); 75 mm (Diameter)
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Townend, Cumbria
NT 478830
Summary
A boxwood spice tower with four cylindrical compartments labelled 'Mace', 'Cloves', 'Nutmeg', 'Cinnamon', all fittings together on screw threads with turned lid, contains spices.
Marks and inscriptions
Mace/Cloves/Nutmeg/Cinnamon (labelled)