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Household Object
Candle Holder with Pricket
Unidentified, (active )
Unidentified
Primary
10 in. x 3 3/4 in.
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brass
brass
Late 17th century
1667
1699
Building Furnishings, Nomenclature
Household Object
The pricket (a) has a brass spike which is riveted to a brass stand. The stand is flat and circular. It is hollow and without a bottom, with incised lines around the sides. The candle holder (b) has a central band which slides over the pricket spike from which two opposing arms are raised. The arms have five sides and flare slightly outward with a candle socket at each end. One socket has been resoldered.
X1972.238 a&b
item
Florence Griswold Museum
6/8/1999