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Description: | Incomplete medieval to post-medieval copper alloy candlestick of bunsen type, base missing. The socket is decorated with two single circumferential grooves and one pair of the same at mid-point. On the stem there is a sharp knop half-way up flanked by a very slight rib near the top and the base. The latter flares out slightly (cf. Brownsword 1985, fig. 7) above a projection with burred over end, which would have been secured to the base. The whole length of the stem is hollow, i.e. from the base of the socket to the burred-over projection, and is filled with decayed iron. Might this have been a measn of ejecting the candle? At the base the hole is oval, 7 x 6mm. Length 120mm. Socket external diameter 22mm, internal diameter 19mm, depth 37mm. Stem diameter 12.5mm. Flared base diameter 18mm. Weight 100g. 15th - 16th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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