The douter (originally known as an ‘out-quencher’) with two oval blades to pinch out the candle flame, on a curved, waisted stand with a shaped handle terminating in a finial,...
The douter (originally known as an ‘out-quencher’) with two oval blades to pinch out the candle flame, on a curved, waisted stand with a shaped handle terminating in a finial, raised on square peg feet.
In English Domestic Brass 1680-1810 and the History of its Origins, (Elek Books, 1975), Rupert Gentle & Rachael Feild illustrate a very similar pair of douters and tray (p. 132, pl. 83).