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Candle Snuffer

c. 1720
2 1/2 in. x 3 in. x 7 in.

Unidentified,

Object Type: Household Object
Medium and Support: iron
Credit Line: Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Miss Ellen Ely
Accession Number: 1972.1.2
An iron scissors with an oblong box on top of one blade. The other blade has a protruding plate shaped like the box. The snuffer was used to trim the wicks of a burning candle which allowed the candle to burn more brightly and with less smoke.

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