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Candle Entinguisher

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-10841

Description

Small cone-shaped extinguisher with rounded finial and L-shaped handle; incised line near base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

extinguishers
brass (alloy)
casting (process)
Brass
Cast
Extinguisher, Candle

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 1 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.602

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