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CANDLESTICK
Unique ID: DUR-D087A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy candlestick dating to the Post Medieval period (AD 1550-1650). The object is a portion of the stem, the socket and base are missing due to old breaks. The stem is cylindrical in form with three central ring mouldings and collared possible socket for a separate base.
The metal is a dark green in colour with a smooth and uncorroded patina.
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: WILT-BE3B82, SWYOR-F1C6E8 and SOM-581B96
A candlestick of similar design is illustrated by Brownsword and dated late fifteenth/sixteenth centuries (Brownsword 1985, 'English Latten Domestic Candlesticks 1400-1700' no. 7).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.34 mm
Weight: 34.4 g
Diameter: 13.72 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
Parish or ward: Dalton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1109
Four figure Latitude: 54.47624124
Four figure longitude: -1.83175942
1:25K map: NZ1109
1:10K map: NZ10NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsword, R. | 1985 | English Latten Domestic Candlesticks 1400-1700, FRG datasheet 1 | London | Finds Research Group 700-1700 | 7 |
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