"He had already locked up his safe, and made preparations for going home. He had left his desk, brought out his two greasy office candlesticks and stood them in line with the snuffers on a slab near the door, ready to be extinguished; he had raked his fire low, put his hat and great-coat ready, and was beating himself all over the chest with his safe-key, as an athletic exercise after business."From Great Expectations 1860-1861 by Charles Dickens.Our Beehive Candle Snuffer is reminiscent of an old Bee Skep in shape. (In northern and western Europe, baskets made of coils of grass or straw, called skeps, were used for beehives. In the simplest form, there is a single entrance at the bottom of the skep.)
Our Beehive Candle Snuffer is reminiscent of an old Bee Skep in shape. (In northern and western Europe, baskets made of coils of grass or straw, called skeps, were used for beehives. In the simplest form, there is a single entrance at the bottom of the skep.)