Vintage Footed Brass Candle Snuffer Scissors Wick Cutter Trimmer Candle Douter V
Vintage Footed Brass Candle Snuffer Scissors Wick Cutter Trimmer Candle Douter V
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Vintage Footed Brass Candle Snuffer Scissors Wick Cutter Trimmer Candle Douter
Vintage Brass Candle Snuffer Scissors
A lovely conversation piece for your historic or primitive home, lodge or cabin.
- 5.75 Long - Solid antiqued brass
- Three raised feet on the bottom to protect furniture from wax and residue
Colloquially, we refer to anything that puts out candles now as a snuffer, but in fact the tool we know as a snuffer is actually an “extinguisher” or candle “douter.” Even these tools nearly went out of existence when the self-extinguishing candle wick was developed. It allows the charred wick to curl away from the flame and drop away.
The snuffer was developed by Christopher Pinchbeck the Younger, and patented by him in 1776 in England. His device actually looks like a pair of stunted scissors with a raised round bowl atop them. The idea was to snip the wick, which was caught in the bowl and extinguish the candle safely with no soot or wax on the walls from blowing, or hot wicks
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| Category | Vintage & collectibles > Home decor > Candle holder |
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| Condition | Good |