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a socket in the ring for the extinguisher. (PI. 19, fig. 8, Cat. No. 

 130666, Baltimore; J. S. Russell; 6.3 inches (16 cm.) diameter.) 

 Figure 9 is a sheet-iron candle dish tinned, from Hanover, York Co., 

 Pa. (PI. 19, Cat. No. 151462; T. W. Sweeney; 6.9 inches (17.5 cm.) 

 diameter.) The last figure is a typical brass candle dish widely 

 familiar to the older generation of Americans. (PI. 19, fig. 10, Cat. 

 No. 289447.) United States; Anton Heitmuller; 6.1 inches (15.5 

 cm.) diameter.) An unusual candle dish is boat shape of sheet brass, 

 the handle having been applied at one side. (PI. 19, fig. 1, Cat. No. 

 311867, Holland; Elizabeth S. Stevens; 8.8 inches by 5.5 inches diame- 

 ter (22.5 cm. by 14 cm. ) . ) Another excellent specimen is of sheet brass, 

 oval, and well ornamented with punched work. The handle terminates 

 in a hook. (PI. 19, fig. 2, Cat. No. 311866, England; Elizabeth S. 

 Stevens; 7.8 inches by 5.4 inches diameter (19.7 cm. by 13.5 cm.) 

 Figure 3 (pi. 19) is a candleholder which slides into a slot in the 

 candle dish. 



CANDLESTICKS WITH WIND GLASSES 



Glass protectors for candlesticks were in use for a long period 

 in America. They resemble in shape the lamp chimney formerly 

 used, but much larger. They were, it is presumed, the largest piece 

 made by the glass blower. Well-to-do families in the States which 

 were the Colonies would possess and carefully treasure these " hurri- 

 cane glasses," as they were called. These glasses were imported 

 from England, where they were made, and decorated in floral de- 

 signs with the wheel. It was customary to set these hurricane 

 globes in a drafty hall or on the portico to protect the candle from 

 the breeze. (PI. 21, fig. 5, Cat. No. 315102 (candlestick, No. 

 251722); Mrs. John Van Rensselaer Hoff; 9.8 inches (25 cm.) 

 diameter, 22 inches (57 cm.) high.) 



Candlesticks were often fitted with graceful flaring glass pro- 

 tectors, the bases of which had a brass collar fitting around the 

 candle socket. (PI. 21, fig. 6, Cat. No. 309022, United States; Mrs. 

 Abby Knight McLane; 18.8 inches (48 cm.) high.) Such candle- 

 sticks are again coming into use for decorative effects. Another 

 obsolete form, but of the modern period, is seen in a candle stand 

 with glass globes. It consists of a pair of spring candleholders of 

 Palmer's invention about 1845 running on an upright support and 

 adjusted with a screw. It is of white brass. (PI. 21, fig. 4, Cat. 

 No. 315103, England; Mrs. John Van Rensselaer Hoff; 22 inches 

 (56 cm.) high.) 



CANDLE ARMS 



Candle arms are in the form of rigid brackets or brackets hinged 

 on pins or extensible. The form of candle installation reaches back 

 to an uncertain date, certainly before the fifteenth century. Its use 



