Candlesticks

Date1800s

Terms

Candlesticks
Metal
Brass

Dimensions15.23 × 2.54 × 7.61 cm (6 × 1 × 3 in.)

MarkingsImpressed mark on handle: "SHAW". On botton: "From the Varley family"

Credit LineGift of the Varley family of Concord, MA

Object numberH0212

DescriptionLow circular base, slightly domed, with sloping sides. Stem is a single piece formed into a tube, two tabs at bottom fit through base. Molded brass ring around stem at center; iron ring with spur at top of stem. Below ring at center is slot cut into stem along seam, for ejector slide. Ejector consists of handle attached to strip of iron with some sort of a spring to keep pressure and disk at top on which candle would sit. Painted black. Wired for electric light; hole drilled through base under stem and through disk of ejector, wire fed through holes to candle at top. Had feet attached under base, since removed.