Round brass pan with lipped edge; central round shaft riveted to base at bottom with lead weight and brass rivet; ring handle attached at side of pan with copper pins; top of shaft has sloped built-in bobache; incised rings on pan and shaft.
chambersticks
brass (alloy)
copper (metal)
incising
lead (metal)
Candleholder
Candlestick
Candlestick
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
England
4 3/4 x 7 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.250
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