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Description: | A cast copper alloy branched double socket candlestick. Only one portion of the candlestick remains, and that is the branches, not the base, column or sockets. The branch has a central cylinder which tapers slightly. This cylinder originally would have been fixed to the vertical column. The cylinder has broken into two pieces. The thickness of the metal at the break is 1.05mm thick. The break is probably recent as the surface is oxidised and green but does not have a patina which matches the rest of the object. The cylinder is decorated with a single horizontal groove. Two integral symmetrical arms lead from the cylinder forming a sub 'Y' shape. The arms splay outwards, but they do have a c. 90 ° angle, with the arm then curving to lead to a horizontal portion. Each arm terminates with an oval shaped platform which has a circular hole in each. The sockets originally, would have been fixed to the branches through this hole. The surface of the braches has a shiny dark grey patina underneath the soil. It weighs 91.06mm across from the arms terminal to terminal, 17.88mm wide across the cylinder. It weighs 54.9g. Brownsword (Brownsword, R, 1985 'English Latten Domestic Candlesticks 1400-1700' Finds Research Group 700-1700 No. 1.) illustrates a branched double socket type of candlestick, Figure 3 and dates these to the late 15th to early 16th centuries.
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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