Candlestick for holding in the hand.

Collection type: Object
Description: Candlestick for holding in the hand.
Long description: The handle is made from a piece of roughly carved wood and the actual part that holds the candle is made from a tin lid. The tin lid appears to have been glued to the wooden handle. The tin lid contains the remains of a melted candle. [MdeA 12/12/2000]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: European
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Unknown Source
Date / Period: Date made: Circa by 1945
Date collected: By 2000
Acquisition information: Found unentered: 03/11/2000
Materials and processes: Material Tin Metal, Material Wax, Material Wood Plant, Process Recycled, Process Glued, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 31 mm, Width: max 78 mm, Length: max 295 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2000.46.1 Other numbers: CV 3
Research and responses: This candlestick is as likely to have been used in England as in any other part of the British Isles and I have therefore included it in the English ethnography project [AP 25/07/2006]

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