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Description: | A Post medieval copper alloy fragment from a candlestick. It is the collar and branches from a branched double socket type of candlestick, which was used in the late 15th and 16th centuries. A complete exmaple is illustrated as figure 3 on page 3 of the Finds Research Group Datasheet 1: English Lattern Domsetic Candlesticks 1400 - 1700, by Roger Brownsword. One branch of the object is missing. It is a circular collar from which two arms project (one missing). The arms extend to the side, then turn sharply upwards and curve elegently out to the side. They terminate with a smaller circular loop. This would have held a socket into which the candle would have been placed. Compare WAW-CC91F6 which is a similar collar and branches, and WAW-9C4207 which is one of the separate sockets. The surviving arm is bevelled. It has a deep brown patina.
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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