Georgian Candlesnuffers and OSP Tray, 1808
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Candlesnuffers & Tray - Openwork handles with sprung firebox - London 1808 by Wilkes Booth - Stand: 248mm x 98mm; Snuffers: 122mm long - Ref. No.: FD/8602
This is a fine pair of Georgian silver handled candlesnuffers (aka wick trimmers) on it's original Old Sheffield Plate tray. The tray is superbly engraved with a Coat-of-Arms and the snuffers bears the matching engraved crest of a lion rampant. The condition is superb throughout with a desirable amount of copper bleeding to the underside edges of the tray.
The steel firebox/wick trimmer has a superb Pinchbeck patent spring action box that close with a resounding snap. Opening the snuffers cocks the mechanism and closing them raises the spring shutter which snaps back down to trap the wick when the snuffers are fully closed.
The pointed end of the tool can be used to dig out the wick from the solidified wax prior to it being re-lit. Wilkes Booth was the finest specialist maker of this essential Georgian lighting accessory.
