Antique Georgian Silver Filigree Bougie Box Chamberstick Candlestick 1780c Sold and others

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having a serpentine shaped front with a gadrooned edge

breeches and stockings

The firm was awarded a 1st class prize at the Paris World Exposition of 1857 for a commercial clock of this type

the latter trained as an artist but never reached the critical acclaim of his father

Antique Georgian Silver Filigree Bougie Box Chamberstick Candlestick 1780c Sold and othersAn rare Georgian sterling silver filigree bougie box, chamberstick, circa 1780. A "bougie box" was a cylindrical container holding a coiled wax taper, mostly used for light often as a nighttime chamberstick. This very elegant silver bougie box is of cylindrical shape and is finely constructed from silver filigree. The box with its original lid and a hinged handle, the original candle snuffer is also present and attaches to the box with a hook. There