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Georgian Cut-Steel Snuffers

Stock No

4654

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2015
  • £350.00
  • €407 Euro
  • $436 US Dollar

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Item Description

Fine Georgian cut-steel snuffers or wick trimmers.
Invented out of necessity and reaching their pinnacle in both form and function around 1790, candle snuffers such as these largely fell from use after the invention of the self-trimming plaited wick in 1825.
Joseph Cambacères’ invention allowed the wick to curl over into the hottest part of the candle’s flame where it was simply burnt away.
English circa 1785.
6.75 inches long.

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

18th Century & Earlier

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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