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Culture:English
Title:snuffer
Date Made:late 18th-early 19th century
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:base metal: iron
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:overall: 6 3/4 in.; 17.145 cm
Accession Number:  HD 83.131
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Iron candle snuffer or wick trimmer with a fluted top on the wick box and two round handles with peg feet. Until the discovery of sterine and a self-consumed plaited wick in the 19th century, candles wicks had to be snuffed or trimmed to avoid smoking and, therefore, wasting their brilliance. Candle trimmers or snuffers are basically scissors with a box attached to catch the wick as it was being trimmed.

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