candle snuffers made in Italy
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Candle snuffers - Pewter

During the Victorian age, it was considered indelicate for the "gentle sex" to put out candles with their fingers and this created a great demand for articles that could put out candles without having to touch them. Many snuffers were produced and introduced in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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