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Description: | This candle snuffer was used to put candles out. Candles were the only artificial source of light that many people had, until the commercial development of oil-fueled lamps in the 1800s. Caring for your candles was an important part of domestic life. On loan from the Society of Antiquaries. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East home life | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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