Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1962.081.002 |
Object Name |
Candlestick |
Title |
Candleholder with a Reflector |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
c. 1888 |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1890 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
Description |
Nickel-plated, Victorian bedside candle holder. It has a post-like stem that flares out into a weighted round base. Half-way up the post is a collar. The chimney / reflector rests on top of the post and slides off. The candle would be held in place with a collar that fastens with a half turn. To remove the candle, which is inside the post on top of a spring, one would turn the collar and remove it. The reflector is cone-shaped and on an angle. "2177" is stamped on the underside of the base. It was given to Mrs. Adam Ainslie (Isabella Ainslie), the donor's maternal grandmother, c. 1888, by a Dr. W. J. Shaw, when he visited Owen Sound from Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr. Ainslie had originally lived in Scotland, and had married Isabella Miller at Galt in 1846, so they were likely quite glad to have a Scottish visitor. |
Makers mark |
"2177" is stamped on the underside of the base. |
Provenance |
Given to Isabella Ainslie, c. 1888, by a Dr. W. J. Shaw, when he visited Owen Sound, Grey County, from Edinburgh, Scotland. Adam Ainslie, her husband, had originally lived in Scotland. Adam Ainslie and Isabella Ainslie lived at Leith, in Sydenham Township in its early years. Their daughter, Helen Ainslie, married English-born Henry Rixon. In the 1880s, the Rixons, as well as the Ainslies, moved to Owen Sound, Grey County, but visited Leith frequently. Last belonged to Eleanor Rixon of Owen Sound (a grand-daughter of Isabella Rixon). |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Metal/Nickel |
Dimensions |
H-35 Dia-11.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Rixon, Henry Ainslie, Adam Ainslie, Isabella Rixon, Eleanor |
Subjects |
Lighting Candlesticks Candles |
Function |
To provide light by which to read. |