or what are they called. They look like plugs for candle holders. No maker's mark. The disc is about 2" diameter.
I seem to recall Martha Stewart going so far as to light a match to candlewicks before a dinner party - ever since then I can't see an unburned candle as anything but "raw!"
I remember the expression on my daughter's face the first time she saw me lighting the candles on the dinner table, and then blowing them out. (Very early lesson from both mother and grandmother) She was only four, but she got the point immediately. Somewhat later in her life, she pointed to a McMansion we were driving past and uttered, "Now that's nouveau riche!" I think she was nine, at the time.
They look like the ends of curtain rods. I'm curious about the prior post - candle snuffers and the finials of a candelabra sound like two different animals to me.
Terry, those are pretty cool! I remember the expression on my daughter's face the first time she saw me lighting the candles on the dinner table, and then blowing them out. (Very early lesson from both mother and grandmother) Silver, my Mom taught me to do the same thing! I never have a "raw" (thanks for the great description, Scout!) candle in the house. As I recall, Mom said that leaving the wicks un-burned told any guest who happened by that you were saving your candles for someone better. (My older sister somehow never got the message. Every time I'm in her house, I want to take a match to all her candles!) -C-
SBSVC: to go a bit further, heaven forfend that a guest might think We were not in the habit of using candles Ourselves! Actually...we did.
Hi, As a child, my aunt had several sets like these. She would place them in candle sticks which had no candles in them. I had a set from Italy which were placed in the empty ceramic candle holders. They matched the top of the set. They were several flower buds. When you looked they looked like two miniature white ceramic pots of flowers. Pop out the top and they were candle holders. greg
