Snuffers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1795
notes: label: Description
content: Scissor-type snuffers on three ball feet. Opposed, broken C-scroll handles with equal-size oval finger loops are joined by a bullseye pivot; spear-point lower blade has an attached clipped-corner rectangular box engraved "DH" in flecked script on top, while upper blade has a conforming vertical tab that fits inside box. Struck once inside box "CARREL" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. Part of snuffers and tray, DL*383487-DL*383488.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: place made
content: United States: South Carolina, Charleston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Arthur Michael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.383487
label: catalog number
content: 383487
label: accession number
content: 162866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Snuffers and Tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: candle snuffer: 17 cm x 5.7 cm; 6 11/16 in x 2 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 16.8275 cm x 5.715 cm