{"id":9386,"date":"2017-03-18T11:05:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T15:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=9386"},"modified":"2017-03-27T10:23:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T14:23:45","slug":"brass-candle-holder-with-wood-base-c-1880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=9386","title":{"rendered":"Brass candle holder with wood base, c.1880"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder how many fires were started as\u00a0a result of broken candle holders. I have come across many examples with\u00a0unusual replacement bases, including\u00a0metal funnels, coconut shells, and blocks of wood. This is not surprising, as candleholders were handled\u00a0everyday by various\u00a0household members in every room of the house.<\/p>\n<p>This candle holder\u00a0was made in England in the late 1800s. It stands 7.5 inches high. Most likely it was one of a pair that\u00a0might have been separated from its\u00a0&#8220;perfect&#8221; mate. After the original brass base became detached\u00a0from the stem,\u00a0an overscaled wood replacement was fashioned. This well\u00a0made base, complete with\u00a0beveled edges and cut-line detailing along the top, measures 5 x 5 inches and appears to be a homemade make-do.<\/p>\n<p>What ever happened to the matching\u00a0candle holder without repair, you may ask? The story of The Prince and the Pauper comes to mind, so I imagine it has spent the past 130+ years in a castle, polished within an inch of its life, sitting prominently on a large sideboard and hobnobbing with\u00a0other &#8220;perfect&#8221; things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12073\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12073\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9627-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9627-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9627-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9627-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12074\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12074\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9628-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9628-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9628-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9628-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12075\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12075\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9630-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9630-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9630-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9630-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12076\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9632-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9632-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9632-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9632-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This pair of candlesticks suggests what the original octagonal base on mine might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12100\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12100\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-18-at-9.44.50-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-18-at-9.44.50-AM.jpg 371w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-18-at-9.44.50-AM-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-18-at-9.44.50-AM-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellingantiques.co.uk\/\">Selling Antiques<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder how many fires were started as\u00a0a result of broken candle holders. I have come across many examples with\u00a0unusual replacement bases, including\u00a0metal funnels, coconut shells, and blocks of wood. This is not surprising, as candleholders were handled\u00a0everyday by various\u00a0household members in every room of the house. This candle holder\u00a0was made in England in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[72,19,12],"class_list":["post-9386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candle-holder","tag-brass","tag-english","tag-wood-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9386"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12120,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9386\/revisions\/12120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}