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lower straight piece, is wanting in this example. It has been 

 broken off. These candlesticks were generally so hung that 

 they could be swung up and passed over a nail or hook, 

 to hang up horizontally along one of the heavy chamfered 

 joists out of the way until wanted. 



There were several patterns of iron candlesticks for fixing 

 to a post or the joints of a wall by driving in the spikes at 

 the back of the upright. One of these is shown. Another 

 is just like an iron tobacco-pipe with a thick straight stem 

 about eight inches long. The driving end is partly pointed 

 and partly flattened horizontally, showing that it was meant 

 to be driven into a mortar joint. 



Some of the earliest candlesticks were made of a close 

 spiral of strap-iron. The candle, as it burnt shorter, was 

 raised by an ingenious device, whose action will be under- 

 stood from the illustration. 



The plain iron kitchen candlesticks were in use till well 

 within my recollection. The iron trivet is of some antiquity, 

 although it is evidently made to fit on to the front bars of 

 an iron grate. 



A candlestick with a many -jointed folding arm was 



sometimes made ; never a 

 very satisfactory thing, as 

 each joint is a source of 

 weakness. The one shown 

 Iron Candlestick with Jointed Arm draws out to a length of 



two feet ten inches. 



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Brass candlesticks of good design were made in the 

 eighteenth century, and have come down to us with their 

 edges only slightly and even pleasantly blunted by much 

 polishing. The picture with five pairs shows some of most 

 usual patterns. They were favourite chimney ornaments 



