1803-1809 ca. A Berlin silver taper box to hold long wax-coated wicks in Jane Austen’s times. #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Household #Berlin
1803-1809 ca. A Berlin silver taper box. Small, ornate container for holding tapers, which are long wax-coated wicks used to light candles or gas lamps. Marks of Esajas Carl Hoffmann, prominent silversmith in early 19th-century Prussia. This is a piece of domestic decorative art from the Regency Era and the Napoleonic period in Germany.
