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Candlestick, continental pattern. Candle height adjusted by raising the false bottom within the spiral. From Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
This iron candlestick, of a continental pattern, has a spiral construction and a wooden base. The height of the candle could be adjusted by raising the false bottom which rests within the spiral. It could be carried by the projecting piece of metal at the top. It comes from Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire.

1 candlestick: metal (iron); wooden base

Citation in publication [H. J. Massingham, 'Country Relics' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939)] –'...an iron spiral candlestick and a kitchen candlestick of pewter with a flattened projection attached to a base for raising the candle as it burned low, complete my ancient lights and lighters. They came from Sussex and Gloucestershire. // The spiral candlestick of strap iron on a wooden base, from Chipping Campden, is, according to Gertrude Jekyll, one of the earliest made.' (pp.221-222) [see also 51/118], MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/119 // NAME: CANDLESTICK // NEG NO.: 35/97 // STORAGE: LOAN'

Metal, iron, Wood