Candlesticks

Date1700s

Terms

Candlesticks
Brass
Iron
United States

Dimensions20.31 × 10.15 cm (8 × 4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)

Object numberH0516

DescriptionPair, H515 and H516. Stem hollow cast in two pieces, brazed together (seam not visible), and finished on a lathe. Bottom of stem spread inside top of base. Base circular with scalloped edge, alternate large and small scallops (6ea.). Turnings on stem: Reel, spreading to long straight section, ring with six lobes, and other long straight section, drip pan at top with 10 scallops in edge. In center of each straight section is a pair of incised rings. Slot cut into lower section for ejector slide, since removed and stored seperately. Slide is an iron bar with a curved iron piece as spring. At top a brass disk that slid up and down candle socket. Brass knob now missing from bottom. Wire for electric light: ejector removed, wire led through stem directly to candle. Feet added under base.