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This snuffer dates from the 18th century. It is made of steel, and consists of an oblong box fitted to one blade of the scissors, the other having a curved piece of metal which fits neatly into the open side of the box when the scissors are closed. This carried the cut wick into the box and extinguished it. It was formerly part of the collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, but nothing is known of its origins before that.

1 pair of snuffers: metal [steel]; good condition

1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31

Eighteenth century