1720-1760
GUSN-59751
Circular base with a spiral twisted shaft and arm with a candle socket and rush clamp.
rushlight holders
iron (metal)
wrought
Holder, Rushlight
Holder, Rushlight
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
13 x 4 (HxW), 5 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.3261
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