Object number
51/644
Collection
Exhibition
Description
This candlestick is made of sheet iron and was designed so that the height of the candle could be adjusted by a slide, which is now missing. Nothing else is known about it.
Physical description
1 candlestick: metal [iron]; fair condition
Archival history
No Lavinia Smith No. recorded., Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 72 // Steel Candlestick // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life' (The catalogue description could also refer to 51/643 and 51/760) (It is only inferred that the description in the exhibition catalogue is in reference to these specific candlesticks as the object material is stated differently in both sources.), Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 72 // Steel Candlestick // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life' (The catalogue description could also refer to 51/643 and 51/760) (It is only inferred that the description in the exhibition catalogue is in reference to these specific candlesticks as the object material is stated differently in both sources.), Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 79 // Steel Candlestick // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life' (The catalogue description could also refer to 51/643 and 51/644) (It is only inferred that the description in the exhibition catalogue is in reference to these specific candlesticks as the object material is stated differently in both sources.)
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