italian Vintage iron cast candle snuffer
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Original italian Vintage iron cast candle snuffer , 1930s
size 27.5 cm.
Candle snuffers were first invented in 1776, at which time they were called candle extinguishers or douters. An innovative inventor name Christopher Pinchbeck the Younger (you cannot make that up!) created what has become now known as the candle snuffer. He was an Englishman who was a favorite of mad King George the third.
size 27.5 cm.
Candle snuffers were first invented in 1776, at which time they were called candle extinguishers or douters. An innovative inventor name Christopher Pinchbeck the Younger (you cannot make that up!) created what has become now known as the candle snuffer. He was an Englishman who was a favorite of mad King George the third.
