Description A fine quality pair of antique silver candle scissors on stand. Excellent quality and good gauge silver as you’d expect from the world famous English silversmith Paul Storr. The scissor stand has an elongated boat form with a gadroon border and acanthus leaf side handles. The candle douter and wick trimmer has a simple open and shut mechanism, the pointed end was used to loosen and remove candle stubs from the socket. Both pieces bear an attractive hand engraved crest. Tray. Weight 321g. Length 26.5cm. Width 11.2cm. London 1812. Scissors. Weight 146g. Length 16.8cm. London 1834. Both pieces are by the maker Paul Storr. Sterling silver. Marks. The snuffer tray is stamped underneath with a full set of English silver hallmarks for 1812. The candle snuffer scissors are fully marked to one side for London 1834, the other side with maker, lion and king marks. The tray has a pattern number 669 or 699. Literature: There were few snuffers made prior to 1700 and by the early nineteenth century more refined candles were introduced which no longer required the wick to be cut. Additional information available at http://www.oldandinteresting.com/tallow-candles-snuffers.aspx. Snuffers and trays were usually made by different specialists so even though the dates match, the makers will probably be different.
