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The pictured item seems to be approx. 8 inches long.
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Yay, I knew it was a bubble pipe! It didn’t realize it was that old, though. I hope my son still has it.
Oops, the spelling is snuffer.
A sniffer is used to snuff out a candle. A snifter is barware. The dictionary’s definition of snifter: “A snifter (also called brandy snifter, brandy glass, brandy bowl, cognac glass, or balloon) is a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose vessel has a wide bottom and a relatively narrow top. It is mostly used to serve aged brown liquors such as bourbon, brandy, and whisky.”
I believe the correct word is candle SNIFTER. Used to put candles out
Hello! The item is a child’s bubble pipe, 19th century tinware, 1830s or earlier. The pictured item seems to be approx. 8 inches long.
Candle snuffer
It is a candle snuffer. Puts out candles
A candle snuffer?
I’m curious why it’s seeming to take a long time to moderate my comment submitted almost 24 hours ago???
It’s a candle snuffer.
A candle snuffer.
It’s a candle snuffer.
It’s a candle snuffer…used to snuff out the flames on candles.
At first I thought it was a pipe, but after reading that it’s 8 inches long, I thought that might be a little too long for a pipe. So now I’m guessing candle snuffer.
Candle Snuffer?
A candle snuffer.
it may be a candle sniffer .
Candle Snuffer
Could it be a candle snuffer? Sure looks like one, although it seems too thick for that purpose.
Candle Snuffer. Tool to put candles out.
candle snuffer
Don’t know the name but it’s used to put out candles.
Witches hat candle snuffer.
Candle snuffer
It is called a candle snuffer, candle extinguisher, or douter.
It looks like a damper to extinguish candles.
I think it’s a clay pipe.
It’s a candle snuffer.
Candle snuffer – not sure of what it is called but used to put out candles.
A candle snuffer
I think this is used to put out a candle. I have one that looks similar, but the funnel looking part on mine dangles.
Looks like a candle snuffer. Used to extinguish flame of a candle.
A small candle snuffer?
Smoking pipe or candle extinguisher???
Candle snuffer
A Pipe or a Candle-snuffer.
Candle Snuffer
It is a candle snuffer, it is tapered or cone shape to keep the air away from the flame which causes it to extinguish.
Perhaps it is an opium pipe from the 1800’s or earlier.
Looks like an old colonial pipe, but that would be too obvious. It’s probably something arcane like a candle snuffer.
It’s a candle sniffer.
My Best Guess: Maybe an Antique Opium pipe? Guestimate dates to the 1850’s to the early 1900’s. If memory serves, San Francisco, China town area had numerous Opium Dens, where people would use these and lay down on some type of wooden benches or beds.
candle snifter
Candle snuffer
Church warden smoking pipe
candle snuffer
It’s a candle sniffer.
Candle snuffer.
Looks like a candle snuffer
I think it is a candle snuffer.
I believe it is a opium pipe.
It’s a candle snuffer.
Candle snuffer
Snuffer
It looks like it might be a pipe
I’m guessing it’s a child’s bubble pipe, for blowing soap bubbles.
It’s a candle snuffer.
Candle, oil lamp snuffer.
It looks like an antique candle snuffer.
I believe that it’s a candle snuffer.
Candle snuffer
A candle snuffer.
i think it is used to turn off candles.
It certainly has the shape of a tobacco (or other “substance”) pipe, but a close look seems to detect a rolled tin tube, soldered at the elbow, producing a funnel for oiling hard to reach areas.
Candle snuffer
Tobacco pipe or candle snuffer
It is a candle snuffer.
Candle snuffer…
It’s either a pipe or a candle stuffer
It’s a vintage bubble pipe. I bought one for my son when he dressed up as Bilbo Baggins in third grade.