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This candlestick originates from Sussex. It is made of sheet iron and is tubular with a circular base and has a slide on one side for adjusting the height of the candle.

1 candlestick: metal (sheet iron)

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 51/119], MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/118 // NAME: CANDLESTICK // NEG NO.: 35/86 // STORAGE: '