The candleholder has a squared iron post with a pointed end. Also, an adjustable iron bracket with a four section hinged folding arm with cylindrical candlecup at its cast section. The bracket is attached to the post by a screw.
candleholders
iron (metal)
Iron
CANDLEHOLDER
Stamped on all sides is: R. STILLMAN'S/PATENT 1848 . Typed on a paper label is: Iron candlearm dated 1848 .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Stillman, A. (Maker)
USA
16.75 x 5.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1121
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