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This measures approximately 2-1/2″ in length.
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I can’t pull one over on y’all! It is indeed a miniature candle snuffer, presumably 18th-century and Dutch in origin.
Candle snuffer & wick trimmer
a scissor like tool to trim candle wicks and snuff out the flame
George III sterling silver candle snuffer/wick trimmer
A candle sniffer
Debbie M
Candle wick trimer
A cigar chopper. No idea, actually.
Candle snuffer
Is it a candle snuffer?
A candle wick trimmer.
Candle snuffer
Candlewick trimmer.
Vintage cherry pitter
Candle SNUFFER
Looks like a perhaps Victorian era candlesnuffer/wicktrimmer.