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Candle snuffer and standBrass candle snuffer with scissor-like handles and a pointed tip, on a stand with a handle, hexagonal stepped base and a tapering socket, made in England c.1710-1715. Date: 1710-1715
Waking on Christmas Morning by Charles RobinsonWaking on Christmas Morning. The illustration is of two young children in a large bed having just awoken on Christmas day. A candle that has been snuffed out the night before sits in the foreground
An Excellent Royal Extinguisher. Cartoon of Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, extinguishing the Orange Club with the Kings (George IV) giant candle snuffer
China Candlesticks, Plate 66China Candlesticks in a range of styles, Plate 66. Date: circa 1880s
On New Years morning by Charles RobinsonLittle girl waking up on New Years morning. Date: 1906
Lighting / Domestic / CandleCandle snuffer, French Date: 1700
candle snuffer / W H RobinsonAnd so to bed. A simple, but typical Heath Robinson design for a candle snuffer. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture
C17 Lamplighter / WoodcutA lamplighter with the tools of his trade - matches to light the oil lamps at nightfall, a snuffer to extinguish them at the dawns early light