Triangular shaped block of wood hollowed at one edge, lined with metal and fitted with candle cup; arched wood handle at flat back; painted dark red.
candle lamps
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Tin
Painted
Lamp, Candle
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.261
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