Spice container in the form of Harkness Tower at Yale University
Joshua Marrow
2001
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 in. (16.83 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm) (overall)
- Genre
- Judaica
Tags
United States
About
Spice boxes are an important element of the Havdalah ceremony that closes the Sabbath. Buildings and towers are a traditional form for spice boxes. Marrow's is a stylized version of the neo-Gothic Harkness Tower, the centerpiece of the Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University.