Late 18th c. Rare French Gilt Silver & Bronze Sphinx Wax Jack, Bougie Box watercolor dating this to before the

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

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Condition: Items are in great age related condition

This blimp was eventually used to spread Nazi propaganda in the lead up to the second World War

Late 18th c. Rare French Gilt Silver & Bronze Sphinx Wax Jack, Bougie Box watercolor dating this to before theWe 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.