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Snuffer tray
Snuffer tray, tin-plate, oblong in form with slightly raised sides and to one side an open ear-shaped loop handle, to one end of the tray a raised solid cone on which the snuffer would rest and a triangular rest for the extinguisher; covered all over with a black japan apart from the cone for the snuffer which is covered with a dark chocolate japan, a crimson-striped ground to the upperside decorated with scroll borders around the edge of the well and the rim to which the varnish has given a golden tinge, to the well four small floral bouquets in silver which appear to be unfinished.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50058
Creation/Production
Usk
Date: 1800-1840
Acquisition
Purchase, 1910
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5
Length
(cm): 17.3
Width
(cm): 8.8
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 6
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
silvered
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
Location
In store
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