Antique Georgian Silver Filigree Bougie Box Chamberstick Candlestick 1780c Recently Added surrounded with butterflies and foral

surrounded with butterflies and foral designs

14 cm X 5 cm

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Antique Georgian Silver Filigree Bougie Box Chamberstick Candlestick 1780c Recently Added surrounded with butterflies and foralAn 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