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Description: | A copper-alloy socket and a fragment of the shaft of a candle holder, the rest of the candle stick is missing due to an old break. This fragment measures 54mm in total height, the cylindrical socket is 24mm in width and has a circular cross-section and the shaft is also circular in cross-section and 13mm in diameter. The socket is hollow, the outer face is decorated with three pairs of two circumferencial grooves, one around the rim, one around the centre of the socket and one around its base. The underside of the base of the socket tapers into the cylindrical solid stem, which projects from the centre of its underside. This candle holder socket is most likely to be later medieval or early post-medieval in date, circa 1450-1600, it is similar to a candle holder socket found at Hessett, Suffolk (see SF-90B836).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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