WROUGHT-IRON TABLE-TOP COMBINATION RUSHLIGHT HOLDER, spiraling shaft supporting hinged rushlight scissor-form holder jaws with a spiraling arm counterweight extension terminating in a single candle socket, socket with two circular-form extracting holes, spike form supported by a cylinder-form wooden block. 19th century. 12" HOA, 3 1/4" D base.
Literature: Parallels Rushlight Club - Early Lighting, p. 13, fig. 2-14 left.

Deaccessioned by the Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA to benefit collections care, preservation, and future acquisitions.

Very good overall condition with expected wear, some overall moderate pitting and light rust, wooden base with significant insect damage and losses to the wood.