. Bulletin - United States National Museum. required by art; that is, a socket for alarge candle would force bulkiness in the stem and base of the candle-stick and destroy the harmony between the candle and its spike also is adequate for the placement of a candle not to bemoved about, but the socket is necessary for ambulant candlesticks. A well-carved square tablet of oak soaked with grease and havingan irregular hole burnt in the middle, found in the hull of an ancientViking ship dating 800-1000, is identified as a candlestick. Severalof these, more or less charred, were found. Th
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. required by art; that is, a socket for alarge candle would force bulkiness in the stem and base of the candle-stick and destroy the harmony between the candle and its spike also is adequate for the placement of a candle not to bemoved about, but the socket is necessary for ambulant candlesticks. A well-carved square tablet of oak soaked with grease and havingan irregular hole burnt in the middle, found in the hull of an ancientViking ship dating 800-1000, is identified as a candlestick. Severalof these, more or less charred, were found. There was no socketpresent, and it is probable that the candle was set up on a nail orpeg.^^ The taper holder is of two varieties, the one a bowl or reservoir inwhich the cord is coiled, and an upright around which the coil iswound. In the Russian taper holder the bowl is mounted on a stemwith base, and thus resembles a lamp, as the specimen in the church M Scribners Magazine, November, 1887, p. 613. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 139 PL. 34. Splint and Candle Holders 1. Finland; 2, Devifp for splint and ciiiidle, Finland; 3, Splint holder for stall, Czechoslovakia;4, Splint holder with weighted arm, England; 5, Candle and splint holder, England For description of plate see page 214 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 139 PL. 35
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