Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . f inches (Plate, III ). It appearsto have been made in two pieces—the body and the spike. The insideof the base seems to have been turned. This candlestick belongs toa type common in the fifteenth century, when the knop found in thecentre of the stem of earlier examples is replaced by rings, generallythree in It probably formed one of a pair which stoodon the altar ; its fellow—like the two side branches of the cross withthe figures of the Virgin and St. John—apparently having been lostbefore the objects were buried in the
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . f inches (Plate, III ). It appearsto have been made in two pieces—the body and the spike. The insideof the base seems to have been turned. This candlestick belongs toa type common in the fifteenth century, when the knop found in thecentre of the stem of earlier examples is replaced by rings, generallythree in It probably formed one of a pair which stoodon the altar ; its fellow—like the two side branches of the cross withthe figures of the Virgin and St. John—apparently having been lostbefore the objects were buried in the ground. 1 Jroc ceding* of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Second series, vol. vy». 29. ? English Oburch Furniture. Peacock. 18(50. P. 106. ; Op. cit, pp. S3 and 95. 4 Op. a<.,pp. 50 and 95. 8 Op. cit., p. LOS. c Reusens, op. cit., vol. ii, p. (Fig. I) BELL AND (Fig. 2) CANDLESTICKFound at Sheephouse, Co. Meath PROCESSIONAL CROSS FOUND AT SHEEPHOUSE 31 In conclusion it must be admitted that the cross does not showany distinctively Irish features, nor is it inscribed, and thus con-nected with an Irish family, as in the case of the beautiful silver-giltprocessional cross, also in the Royal Irish Academys collection,which was described in our Journal, vol. xv, p. 511. The crossfound at Sheephouse is in appearance typically late mediaevalEnglish work, and may be considered either as made in Englandand brought to this country, or as made here by an English craftsmanworking in accordance with English traditions. The bell and candle-stick were probably made under the same conditions as the these objects may be dated to the late 15th or early 16thcentury. In this connexion it may be remembered that thestatute forbidding the election of anyone of the Irish nationin Ireland to the office of archbishop, bishop, abbot, or pri
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