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A spice box is a container for aromatic herbs, cloves, ginger, or nutmeg, which are used during Havdalah – the prayer marking the end of Shabbat. Spice boxes are usually made of silver, less frequently of other metals or glass. They usually have the shape of a turret topped with a flag finial. In Poland, spice boxes would often also have the shape of fruit or flowers on stalks.

The item forms part of the prewar collection of the National Museum of Przemyśl. Due to missing inventory documentation it has been impossible to determine how it became property of the Museum.