A RARE PAIR OF EXCESSIVELY LONG REGENCY IRON CANDLE SNUFFERS

A RARE PAIR OF EXCESSIVELY LONG REGENCY IRON CANDLE SNUFFERS

ENGLISH, C.1800-20

of scissor form, one blade with a pointed tip for lifting the wick and a 'D'-shaped ribbed box, the other blade with matching shaped plate, the long handles with oval bows, on three baluster-shaped feet, a punched crowned 'W' mark, possibly a cutler's mark, to the top of the pointed end

47.2cm long

Literature

Illustrated and discussed in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p.90, no. 194.