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Description: | A copper-alloy component, probably from a post-medieval push-up candlestick.The key-like piece is of flat section, with an openwork trefoil loop above a circular frame. A transverse ridge separates this frame from an inverted-conical screw thread.Length: 51.2mm; width: 19.5mm; thickness: 4.5mm. Weight: 4.54g.According to Garry Crace, such a piece would have been screwed into a wooden ejector, contained within the candlestick's cylindrical socket. A vertical slot in the socket would have allowed this ejector to be raised using the projecting key. The trefoil-shaped handle was introduced in the early 18th century (Crace unpubl.).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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