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Snuffers
English (London)
about 1752
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
W. 5.3 cm x L.16.4 cm ( 2 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.);
Weight: 90.7 gm (2 oz 18 dwt)
Weight: 90.7 gm (2 oz 18 dwt)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Richard Cary Curtis
Accession Number58.381
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionEach candlestick has a fluted hexafoil base with a scallop shell on each corner. From a circle at the center of the base the baluster stem rises to a flattened knop and a flaring, fluted midsection. The nozzle is urn-shaped. The waxpan is hexagonal, with scallop shells at each corner. The bases are cast in a single piece. The stems are hollow-cast in two pieces and seamed vertically. 58.377 has been repaired on the midsection of the stem, possible contemporary with manufacture. The snuffers are of scissors form, with silver handles and steel blades. The cast silver handles have flattened oval rings for grips and scrolled arms riveted to the steel blade just above the point of crossing. One part of the blade has a curved pan with a deep rim, and the other arm has a flat blade fitted to the pan. The snuffers are raised on three small feet. The bow-shaped tray rests on four trefoil feet and has a complex molded border cast with shells at intervals. A cast double-scroll handle is located at the center of one side. One of the legs has been repaired.
ProvenanceProbably Samuel Cary, by descent to Richard Cary Curtis, Brookline, Ma., Gift of Mrs. Richard Cary Curtis to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 10, 1958)