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Description: | A copper-alloy adjustable candlestick of the Medieval period.The object is incomplete, retaining only about half the components of the complete object. A single folding arm remains, along with the locking plate of the lost second arm and the swivel-tab that fixes the arm into position with the locking plate. There is no candle cup.The folding arm consists of a flat strip bent into a U-shape. One face is decorated with incised lines across the width of the arm and superimposed with incised Xes. The wider hinge-base of the arm has the locking plate still attached. The plate is fixed to the arm perpendicularly. The plate is semi-circular in plan, with a triangular notch missing from one side. The outer edge of the plate has a broken surface and is bent toward one side.The opposite end of the arm from the locking plate has a rivet extending through both sides of the arm, and fixing in place a swivelling tab that was meant to lock the folding arm into position. The tab is corroded between the faces of the arm, but protruding slightly on one side and showing the extended point along one edge.The tip of one of the faces of the arm (at the end with the rivet) bears evidence of a break, presumably when the candle cup was lost.
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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