Object number
52/380/1-2
Description
This is a candle cage and rushlight. They were used in bedrooms, nurseries and sick rooms, where it was placed on the floor when lit. This particular candle cage came from Adderbury in Oxfordshire, where it was last used in the nursery of a baby who later lived for 80 years and died in the 1920s.
Physical description
1 Cage (candle): iron
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note - 'There is a reference to this type of rushlight cage in the Pickwick Papers Chapter 22. There is also an illustration by 'Phiz' which shows it.'
Production date
1825-01-01 - 1874-12-31
Production period
Mid-nineteenth century
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