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Snuffer

United States

1800-1850

Measurements

3 in x 1-1/2 in 1-1/4 in

Materials

Tinned sheet iron

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3840

Condition Notes

The tip is slightly bent, and the base is bent out of round.  The body is oxidized.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The conical snuffer has a strap handle soldered to the solder seam of the body.  The tip of the snuffer has a rounded mass of solder.