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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 58171, member: 23"]Happened to see this on the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, FB page today. I thought it was interesting and it's one of those things if you found, you wouldn't know what it was</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]14945[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Spice Tower from Bohemia (about 1810) would have held the spices that filled the air at a Jewish Havdalah ceremony, which marks the conclusion of the Sabbath at sunset on Saturday. The open design allows the scents to escape, sweetening the transition back to the regular days of the work week[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 58171, member: 23"]Happened to see this on the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, FB page today. I thought it was interesting and it's one of those things if you found, you wouldn't know what it was [ATTACH=full]14945[/ATTACH] This Spice Tower from Bohemia (about 1810) would have held the spices that filled the air at a Jewish Havdalah ceremony, which marks the conclusion of the Sabbath at sunset on Saturday. The open design allows the scents to escape, sweetening the transition back to the regular days of the work week[/QUOTE]
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