CANDLE SNUFFER

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Candle snuffer; long wooden pole shaped to a point at one end where a metal (tin) snuffer has been loosely affixed with nails.
The snuffer is made out of two small sheets of tin braised together - one sheet is shaped into a cone, and the other into a cylinder to slip over the end of the wooden pole.

Historical information

Used to extinguish burning candles.
Ownership transferred to museum during the vacation of the former Sisters of Mercy site by the Franciscans of the Immaculate Heart in 2017. This religious order had been in residence at 36 Stirling Terrace, Toodyay as the Marian Friary of Our Lady Help of Christians since approx 1997. It was the first community of this order established in Australia from New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA and was recalled in 2017.
Before the Franciscan Friars, the Sisters of Mercy had operated the St Aloyisius Convent of Mercy School at this site between 1903 and 1971. Following the closure of the school some of the Sisters remained at Toodyay for pastoral work until the early 2000s.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2017.14

Item type

Objects

Material

Tin Brass

Wood

Width

8 cm

Height or length

117 cm

Depth

6 cm

Keywords

Sisters Of Mercy, Convent

Statement of significance

Provenance:
Ownership transferred to museum during the vacation of the Sisters of Mercy site in Toodyay by the Franciscans of the Immaculate Heart in January 2017

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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