A silver taperstick is essentially a candlestick (or later a chamberstick) on a much smaller scale. The taper sticks are small, tapered candles that were used for a variety of purposes in the past. They were most commonly used for melting sealing wax to seal letters. The wax could be dazzled with an intaglio cut with initials or a peak at the place where it was dissolved.
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