Candle Snuffers
by Print Collector
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Candle Snuffers
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Print Collector
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
Description
Candle snuffers, 16th century?, (1881). Etching of a pair of snuffers, possibly made in Italy. The shafts of the handles are in the form of human figures, and the box is decorated with a head wearing a winged helmet. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]. Artist W Wise. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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1175731723
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