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Medieval candlestick
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Norfolk Museum Service, Katherine Robbins, 2008-11-06 11:23:28
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Medieval candlestick
Description
English: Part of a Medieval tinned copper alloy(or with high tin content) candlestick, separate base missing, hollow octagonally facetted stem with double collar at both ends and two small perforations (casting faults), with an openwork socket at the upper end with two flat sectioned sides flanking a vertical slot to aid the extraction of the candle, octagonally-facetted collar at the apex with two opposed horizontal forked projections (one damaged). Width of collar 19mm. Width including projections 33mm. Height 101mm. Cf. two French examples illustrated in London Museum Medieval Catalogue plate XXXIX, Top on right and Bottom left (upper right of three examples), and discussion on pages 181-2. 14th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 1300 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 237395
Old ref: NMS-4150F7
Filename: AMD October 2008 (8).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/192745
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/192745/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/237395
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