Candlesnuffer
- Object Name:
- Candlesnuffer
- Object ID:
- 1938.008.49
- Date:
- 1700-1800
- Description:
- Snuffer, Iron - Scissors-like snuffer with half-box on right blade. Two shaped feet beneath handles- front foot missing. Feet on handles have bulbous end on bottom and are set into holes on handle. Tops are finished smoothly. Blade handles have concave curves on sides that lead to small scroll ends. Box on right-hand blade has rounded rectangular shape and platen on right-hand handle is shaped to conform to open side of box. Bottom edges of long blade are slightly rounded. Two small decorative indentation adjacent to socket hole for missing foot. Small rectangular slot on right-hand handle adjacent to central pivot rivet.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-1.3 W-2.2 L-6.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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