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Description: | The object is a candlestick socket. The socket is tubular, it is circular in section, and has straight sides. The upper rim is slightly abraded. The base of the interior is an inverted hollow conical. The exterior of the socket is decorated with fine horizontal ridges, one in the centre, one below the rim and one at the base. Protruding and integral to the base of the socket is further moulding and the stem. The moulding, in profile is sub-conical. At the tip there is a circular sectioned platform, which is the stem, and it has an integral collar above. This stem or stub as Brownsword (Brownsword, R. 1985 English Latten Candlesticks 1400-1700 Finds Research Group Datasheet 1) describes it, is complete and not broken. The upper portion of the conical is decorated with two parallel horizontal grooves. The surface of the socket has an under developed mid to dark green patina. Some abrasion has taken place, and there is a hole in the side of the socket. This hole appears to be recent damage. The socket measures 47.43mm tall, and 24.17mm diameter. It weighs 28.5g.
The socket is from a Bunsen type (as described by Brownsword, Figure 4). This is a separate socket, not integral to the stem, and therefore tends to date to the late 15th and early 16th centuries (Brownsword). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1475
1525 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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