Late 18th c. Rare French Gilt Silver & Bronze Sphinx Wax Jack, Bougie Box watercolor Diameter: 5"

Diameter: 5"

Condition: Items are in great age related condition

Length: 19 3/4"

dating this to before the banning of markings on this style of silver work in 1920

Dimensions: 6 1/2" long Approx

Late 18th c. Rare French Gilt Silver & Bronze Sphinx Wax Jack, Bougie Box watercolor Diameter: 5"We are offering A magnificent and Very rare early French Winged Sphinx Silver and Gilt Bronze Bougie Box (or wax jack). This Beautiful piece of art features a Gilt Winged Bronze Sphinx on a pierced reticulated Silver box, through which a taper of sealing wax is coiled around a spindle and passed through a socket, ending through a beautiful silver flower. The handle on this piece is in the shape of a serpent with an entwined tail biting onto the box.