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Description: | A cast copper alloy 'latten' candle stick dating to the late 15th to 16th century. This example is broken in half and has a single central ring moulding and a broken cylindrical bowl with now indistinct, incised groove around the centre. The lower section of the stem flares slightly to the junction with the base, now missing. The lower section is hollow with the upper section solid cast. The holder is 107.67mm long, the diameter of the bowl is19.12mm and the diameter of the stem is 11.34mm. The weight of the stem with part of the bowl is 22.75 grams, the weight of the end piece of stem is 23.64 grams.The two pieces of the holder were found together with a third piece that may be associated with it as a lower part of ane elaborate candle stick or from a seperate, cruder, piece. This third piece also has a central ring around it and is in a worse condition that the other parts. It is solid cast at one end and hollow at the other. It has a length of 36.81mm and a diameter of 15.42mm, with the central ring having a diameter of 19.5. The weight of this is 33.93 grams.
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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