This candle snuffer in the form of Berwick Kaler (b.1946) as Dame Betty Turpin was sold in a presentation box by the York firm, Mulberry Hall. It was produced by Bronte Porcelain and commissioned by Mulberry Hall to commemorate Berwick Kaler's appearance as Dame in Dick Turpin (December 2008 - January 2009) the 30th pantomime at York Theatre Royal that Kaler had written and directed, and in which he starred as Dame.

The Dame role is traditionally played by a man in British pantomime, but unlike the actors whose Dames are characterised by heavy make-up in an effort to imitate a stereotypically glamorous woman, Berwick Kaler's Dame is always resolutely the portrayal of a man in a frock wearing the boots of a working man. The boots can be seen in this figurine, hanging behind his back, while in his right hand he holds the biscuit known as a Wagon Wheel that he always throws to the audience during his shows. Kaler calls the audience: 'My babbies, my babies', and is always a Yorkshire character, as signified in this costume by the White Rose of York on his skirt.