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Description: | The object is a candlestick socket. The socket is from a Bunsen type (as described by Brownsword in Brownsword, R. 1985 English Latten Candlesticks 1400-1700 Finds Research Group Datasheet 1). This is a separate socket, not integral to the stem, and therefore tends to date to the late 15th and early 16th centuries (Brownsword). 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 sub-concave with a more deep sub-oval indentation. This was probably due to casting than design. The exterior of the socket is decorated with fine horizontal grooves, there are a pair in the centre, one below the rim and a fourth above the base. The base of the socket, in profile is triangular, or conical. At the tip is a second, smaller and integral conical as moulded decoration. From the base a short circular sectioned stem protrudes. This stem or stub as Brownsword describes it, is complete and not broken. The surface of the socket has a shiny dark green patina. Some abrasion has taken place. It measures 41.53mm tall, and 22.17mm diameter. It weighs 36.6g.
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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