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Candle Extinguisher

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1768-1799

GUSN

GUSN-10839

Description

Small, tin cone-shaped candle extinguisher with finger loop, painted a brownish-burgundy color with tiny gold stars overall.

Details

Descriptive Terms

extinguishers
metal
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Unidentified Metal
Tin
Painted
EXTINGUISHER, CANDLE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.25 x 1.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.600

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