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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 214459, member: 44&quot;]BTW Greg, these can be called snuffers as well as wick trimmers. Originally the charred wick end was termed snuff, the charred part of a candle wick. The scissor was used to remove the char, snuff, trim the wick hence snuffer. The cones that came with candlesticks (chambersticks) are called extinguishers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those ball legs on the snuffer/wick trimmer could date it to the late 1700s to early 1800s also? Don&#039;t know about the tray. It may not be original to the snuffer. Usually snuffer trays from that era tended to be kidney shape, but of course not all of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are Georgian Old Sheffield plated candlesticks similar to these.</p><p><a href="http://www.bryandouglas.co.uk/silverware/candlesticks_large/j0134/j0134a.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bryandouglas.co.uk/silverware/candlesticks_large/j0134/j0134a.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.bryandouglas.co.uk/silverware/candlesticks_large/j0134/j0134a.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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