|
Date: |
|
Description: | Folding candlestick, missing its spiked half; made out of three pieces of copper-alloy sheet riveted together. One piece of sheet forms the cup, which measures 13 x 15.5 mm in cross-section at its wider top edge. It has a rouletted border of pairs of back-to-back triangles at least around the top and side edges (the lower edge is corroded) but the overlapping seam at the front has obscured some of one side edge. The second piece of sheet is a strip, folded in half and with a slot cut at the fold to hold the missing spiked half. Both halves of this strip are riveted to the cup with a single copper-alloy rivet at its base; the rear half continues above this rivet, and then widens and is curved into a C-section element which is held by a second copper-alloy rivet. The function of this element is unknown. This folding strip is cut into a decorative shape, with a transverse grooved lobe above a panel with a bevelled edge on both halves. The third piece of sheet is another strip, held only by the lower rivet. This strip sits between the folded strip and the cup, and its function is to hinge out to allow the folded strip to swivel around the spiked element, thus opening for use (in one of two positions) or folding up for travel or storage. A complete example from London (Egan 1998, fig. 115) does not have the C-section element, but another from West Stow (sf560/4651) does; it is just possible that it is a smaller cup for a smaller candle.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|