CANDLE-LIGHT AND CANDLESTICKS 113 



both in farmhouse and cottage, and were handed down 

 with pride from generation to generation. The three pairs 

 are of a redder metal — some alloy containing a larger pro- 

 portion of copper. 



The two pairs with the low-placed grease-plates look as 

 if they might have been church candlesticks, though they 

 came to me from cottage sales. 



Snuffers were the necessary companions of the later 



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Brass Candlesticks 



tallow candles with their thick wicks. The commoner 

 snuffers were iron, the better class of brass. A very old 

 pair of iron snuffers is shown at p. 76. The left-hand 

 tray in the illustration is of a usual pattern, in rather thin 

 stamped brass. The other tray, without ornament, is of a 

 good simple design, solid and well-made. 



Though not properly belonging to a cottage, a contrivance 

 for striking a light, of which a fair number remain, may be 



