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Snuffer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-4334

Description

Conical snuffer with shaft handle terminating in ball; bracket on side to fit in socket on mug opposite handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candle snuffers
copper (metal)
silver (metal)
Extinguisher, Candle
Extinguisher, Candle

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 1/2 (H), 1 5/16 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.632B

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