Antique Georgian Silver Filigree Bougie Box Chamberstick Candlestick 1780c Mid-Century Modern The vessel with a deep

The vessel with a deep blue glaze and having a band of incised Islamic calligraphy to the top

The tripod base also having floral enamel decorations and hard stone inset cabuchons

with Philosophy

5" tall X 24

Antique Georgian Silver Filigree Bougie Box Chamberstick Candlestick 1780c Mid-Century Modern The vessel with a deepAn 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