Candlestick base (wreck of St Anthony)

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One of various brass candlestick pieces raised by divers from the St Anthony wreck of 1527, along with other small metal artefacts such as navigational instruments, all relatively durable, resistant to dispersal by the sea, and easy to recover. The candle holder has holes to take a support, forming part of a candelabra, and has been identified as a Dutch type of design.

This is from the collections of the Shipwreck Treasure Museum, Charlestown, Cornwall.

75mm high. 3D scanned by Tom Goskar (@tomgoskar) as part of the Wreck and Rescue at Gunwalloe project commissioned by Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU) and funded by Historic England to mark the 50th anniversary of the Protection of Wrecks Act, 1973.