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Candle holder
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dot Boughton, 2016-11-03 16:52:07
Title
Candle holder
Description
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An incomplete copper-alloy candle holder of late medieval to early post-medieval date, c.AD145 -1550.

The candle holder is very worn and all edges are no longer sharp and very 'washed out'. The object is made of an elongated hexagonal sectioned cup and integral ring. The cup tapers from the top to the base with raised rims to both ends. It is perforated by a circular hole atop a rectangular slot to one side. A break at the opposite side suggests similar feature which have since joined due to old worn breaks. These slots would have allowed adjustment of the candle's height.

The integral vertical ring extends from the base of the cup. A thickened rectangular pad is present at the base of the ring, from which a small rivet of circular cross-section projects by which the object would have attached to the saucer.

The metal has a mid/dark green patina and is extremely worn.

Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database including: YORYM-BAC7EE, WILT-5F2706, LVPL-1CDB84, SUSS-618380, KENT-1FE9A5, SUR-3469F0 and SUSS-65A844. The latter cites Egan (2005, 80; no. 335) as illustrating a similar holder, with a parallel complete with saucer depicted in Ward-Perkins (1993, 178; fig. 55, no. 2). Egan suggests both date to the late 15th to early 16th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date between 1450 and 1550
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 797588
Old ref: LANCUM-A3B29A
Filename: LANCUMA3B29A.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/588809
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/588809/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/797588
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