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Description: | An fragment of cast copper alloy candlestick of Late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1475 - c. AD 1525) consisting of the socket only with a lead bung in its base. Length: 28.46mm; maximum diameter: 21.48mm (internal 17.76mm); weight: 39.80g. The overall depth of the hollow inside the socket (to the lead bung) is 16.26mm. The mouth of the socket has a slight lip flanked c.2mm below by an incised line. The mouth has slightly squashed inwards in one place. Mid-way along the socket is a pair of circumferencial incised lines. The base tapers almost imperceptibly from the mouth to 20.20mm. Just below this point it narrows to 17.67mm over c.4.5mm.At the centre of the lead bung (on the inside of the socket), is a 3.35mm diameter hole. The underside of the socket has a 10.01mm diameter hole 3.05mm deep, to the top of the lead bung.This candlestick has a shiny brown patina overall. It is probably one of Brownsword's 'Bunsen' type, dating to the late 15th/ early 16th century (Brownsword 1985, 'English Latten Domestic Candlesticks 1400-1700', fig.2).
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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