John Walraven
Candle Snuffer
1789-1799
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John Walraven
Candle Snuffer
1789-1799
Physical Qualities
Silver, 6 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (17.5 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Venable
Object Number
1945.60
Expensive candles, a significant source of illumination well into the 19th century, merited having elaborate snuffers to extinguish the flames when no longer needed. This snuffer once belonged to a member of the John Eager Howard family of Baltimore, and it bears the engraved Howard crest.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1945; Helen Skipwith Wilmer Venable (1852-1923) by descent, Baltimore, MD; John Eager Howard (1752-1827), Baltimore, MD owner
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2022
American Wing Rotations 2023
American Wing Rotations 2024
American Wing Rotations 2025
Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, "Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Maryland Silver in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975. p. 75, ill.
Pleasants and Sill, p. 191 & pl. XLIV, no. 2
Inscribed: Engraved crest: Howard, for a member of the John Eager Howard family of Baltimore
Markings: Mark "JWalraven" spread eagle in shaped reserve, both struck on side of snuffer
On View at the BMA
