- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Night light extingusher.For the screen see 1940.4.48 .1, for the candlestick holder see 1940.4.48 .3 [AB [OPS Move] 15/5/2017]
- Long description
- Night light extingusher. Made from metal covered with a black ?lacquer. The extinguisher tip is conical with a strip of metal extending from the body, this is bent at a right-angle with the tip facing down. At the tip of the conical section a straight handle extends with a loop at the terminal. For the screen see 1940.4.48 .1, for the candlestick holder see 1940.4.48 .3 [AB [OPS Move] 15/5/2017]
- Geographical reference
- England Cotswolds [Cotswold Hills] Gloucestershire or Oxfordshire
- Cultural groups
- English
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Bent, Process Soldered
- Dimensions
- Length: max 256 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Depth: max 32 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.4.48.2 Other numbers: 1940.4.48 b
Search terms: Lighting, Fire, Fire Accessory
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