Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth

Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth

Code: 13175

£485.00 Approx $642.38, €570.59
 

A pair of George III silver wick trimmers / candle-snuffers, having openwork reeded handles and typical scissor action with firebox, resting upon three feet, Wilkes Booth, London

OBJECT: Candle snuffer - wick trimmer

CULTURE: Georgian

DATE: 1795

MATERIAL: Silver handles, composite  mechanism with sprung wick trimmer

SIZE:  Height 4 cm, Length 18 cm and width of handles 5.1 cm 

WEIGHT:  130.32 grams total

PROVENANCE:  Formerly in a private collection in Nottingham, United Kingdom

Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth
Georgian Silver Candle Snuffers by Wilkes Booth