Antique-shop.com

Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: mart on September 14, 2017, 07:23:44 PM

Title: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: mart on September 14, 2017, 07:23:44 PM

https://www.kovels.com/discussions/question/what-is-this-item-1.html

Looks like  a candle but has a finial and small holes at top and some type of clips around bottom ??  They said it had ball bearings inside but they were probably the weights from the base !!

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: KC on September 14, 2017, 10:17:30 PM

Mart, why does this look sooooo familiar?  Hmmmm....looking.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: mart on September 15, 2017, 06:51:07 AM

Could the holes be for sprinkling holy water ??  I have seen something similar used in that way but there are clips for holding something around the bottom !!  Weighted bottom so they did not want it to tip over !!

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: Mat on September 15, 2017, 08:13:19 AM

I think it is a "candelabrum" with the arms originally attached where the holes are, like here: http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/a-pair-of-early-19th-century-charles-x-ormolu-and-bronze-candelabra/250957

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: mart on September 15, 2017, 08:50:43 AM

What are the clips for ??  Didn`t think about that !!

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: Mat on September 15, 2017, 12:28:54 PM

Good question, I have no idea what the clips were for.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: SophieMarie on November 02, 2017, 01:37:53 AM

Do the number of clips correspond to the number of rectangular holes?  The clips may just hold extra candles.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: KC on November 02, 2017, 08:04:02 AM

What are the dimensions?

(Still looks like a fancy paper towel holder!  😃)

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: SophieMarie on November 02, 2017, 10:15:02 AM

I agree....would be a pretty paper towel holder!

Title: Re: Anyone know what this is used for in Catholic services ??
Post by: mart on November 02, 2017, 07:09:56 PM

Quote from: KC on November 02, 2017, 08:04:02 AM

What are the dimensions?

(Still looks like a fancy paper towel holder!  😃)

No idea KC !!  Haven`t thought about it since I posted it from Kovels !!