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Description: | Cast copper alloy candlestick socket length 49mm, diameter 21mm, thickness 46.3g. The socket is tubular with a circular cross-section. The upper rim is slightly corroded. The base of the socket, narrows towards the stem, which is truncated at this point, the remaining part of the stem has a circular cross-section and a diameter of 11mm. The exterior of the socket has a band that runs round the circumference of the mid section.
The artefact is heavily corroded which has obscured any detail of the surface.
The socket is possibly from a Bunsen type (as described by Brownsword in Brownsword, R. 1985 English Latten Candlesticks 1400-1700 Finds Research Group Datasheet 1) which date to the to the late 15th and early 16th centuries (Brownsword).
Similar artefacts have been recorded on the database at WAW-48D8C3 and NMS-0A18E0 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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