Replica Tudor Pewter Candlestick

iBase ID

3195

Title

Replica Tudor Pewter Candlestick

Short Title

Replica Tudor Pewter Candlestick

Collection

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

Sub collection

Museum of St Albans artefacts

Description

Replica Tudor Pewter Candlestick from the St Albans Museums teaching collection. The wealthy would have used pewter candlesticks like this to burn expensive beeswax candles on special occasion. The poor used tallow (dripping) candles or rushlights (lengths of rush soaked in dripping).

Description (In House)

Candlestick Replica from education handling collection

Type of Original

digital photograph

Original Photographer or Artist

St Albans Museums photographer

Period of Original

Tudor (1485 - 1603)

Neg No.

PX4057

High Resolution File Name

PX4057

High Resolution CD No

CD 426

Scanned From

4)digital camera

Neg Format

Digital Camera

Museum Photographer

Kate Warren

Original Location

1) Photo Studio

1)© St Albans Museums

Location in Image

[not applicable].

Available For

Council publicity
Museum publicity
Un-restricted use

Original File Details

Uploaded By

tasks-admin

Uploaded On

2016-02-29 17:03:24

File Name

7240_3.jpg

File Type

Image

File Extension

JPEG

Size

89.00 KB

Height (pixels)

1536 px

Width (pixels)

1060 px

Views

279

Subjects

Education Resources > Key stage 2 - Tudors

Materials > Pewter

Object Names > Lighting equipment

Object Names > Photograph