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This measures approximately 2-1/2″ in length.

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15 responses to “#Whatsitwednesday”

  1. Kovels says:

    I can’t pull one over on y’all! It is indeed a miniature candle snuffer, presumably 18th-century and Dutch in origin.

  2. cito says:

    Candle snuffer & wick trimmer

  3. ceil10 says:

    a scissor like tool to trim candle wicks and snuff out the flame

  4. Gloriasue99 says:

    George III sterling silver candle snuffer/wick trimmer

  5. Maruch says:

    A candle sniffer

    Debbie M

  6. DandyLion says:

    Candle wick trimer

  7. pam93312 says:

    A cigar chopper. No idea, actually.

  8. susie2222 says:

    Candle snuffer

  9. sk8trgrrl says:

    Is it a candle snuffer?

  10. garioki says:

    A candle wick trimmer.

  11. PPiman says:

    Candle snuffer

  12. Candrews4 says:

    Candlewick trimmer.

  13. larah86 says:

    Vintage cherry pitter

  14. hopalong02 says:

    Candle SNUFFER

  15. CKAntiques says:

    Looks like a perhaps Victorian era candlesnuffer/wicktrimmer.

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