Candlestick
England
1775-1850
Measurements
7-1/4 in x 4 in (dia)
Materials
Tinned sheet iron
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1955.48
Provenance
Gift of Charles K. Davis. Davis (1889-1968) was an early collector of American furniture and related decorative arts, who lived in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Comments
The cylindrical candlestick has a rolled sheet-iron shaft. The seams meet where a cut for a side ejector level protrudes. The slightly dished drip pan soldered to the top has a tang holder. At the bottom, it attaches to a domed foot.
Collectors of this form of candlestick have called it a “hogscraper” because of its similarity to a tool designed to remove bristles from pig skins.
