spice box FEATURED BOX Power lox not included Submitted by Anastasia Torres-Gil, Santa Cruz, CA
Militant Handyman Submitted by Dan Klein, Rochester, NY
Blame the supply chain Submitted by Elana Kieffer, New York, NY In the 1850s, the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr became a center for training Jewish silver- and goldsmiths. This tower, with its elaborate Galician base, contrasting silver and gold and Lviv-influenced filigree technique, is typical of the spice boxes that came out of this school. IMAGE COURTESY OF WILLIAM GROSS
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