The Night, Candle Snuffer

$380.00

A hand holding a handkerchief, cast in brass. a snuffer that puts out the light on purpose, the way the lovers chose the dark that kept them safe.

Hand-carved brass candle snuffer.

All pieces are handcrafted in our New York studio, made-to-order.

Please allow 4-5 weeks to have the piece ready for shipping.

A hand holding a handkerchief, cast in brass. a snuffer that puts out the light on purpose, the way the lovers chose the dark that kept them safe.

Hand-carved brass candle snuffer.

All pieces are handcrafted in our New York studio, made-to-order.

Please allow 4-5 weeks to have the piece ready for shipping.

Act 3, Scene 2
Juliet
Lovers can see to do their amorous rites
By their own beauties; or, if love be blind,
It best agrees with night. Come civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black,
…
Come gentle night, come loving black-browed night,
Give me my Romeo
A hand holding a handkerchief, cast in brass.
For Romeo and Juliet, darkness is an ally. Their love belongs to the night- the balcony, the wedding night, the tomb. Their most intimate moments all happened in the dark. Night is not a threat in this play but a shelter: the one place they are free from the feud, from their families, and from the demands of the day.
Juliet calls on the night directly, just before Romeo comes to her on their wedding night. Willing to fall quickly, to cover them, and to give them the privacy the day denies them. And as Romeo leaves for exile at daybreak, he says, “More light and light, more dark and dark our woes” (Act 3, Scene 5): the more the day brightens, the deeper the grief. Light means exposure, separation, and the real world closing back in. Dark means safety and closeness.
This snuffer is that choice made into a metallic form of gesture. Putting out the light not as defeat, but as shelter.