On View
Not on viewCandle Extinguishers
DateEarly 1800s
Terms
- Candle Extinguishers
- Metal
- United States
Dimensions5.72 × 17.78 cm (2 1/4 × 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberH1006
DescriptionCandlesnuffers and tray (H1006, H1007). Painted tin tray; white metal snuffers. A fine example of the painted decoration of the period. The background of the tray is black edged with gold. The decoration consists of flower and foliage groups in gold with a little red and blue (much faded) enamel. Snuffers have corrugated handles, and finger holds in the shape of teardrops. The finger holds form a heart shape between them when closed.