Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue Card notes: 'This was shown by W.R. at a meeting of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society on 2nd Nov. 1925; see C.A.S. Comm. vol. XXVIII: - "By Sir William Ridgeway Sc.D. F.B.A. Two objects illustrating passages in Shakespeare, namely (1) a candlestick in the form of a man-at-arms, bearing a torch in either hand, as illustrating the following lines in King Henry V, Act IV, Scene ii: The horsemen sit like fixed candlesticks, With torch-staves in their hands."'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
(1927) 'Two objects illustrating passages in Shakespeare. Sir WILLIAM RIDGEWAY, Sc.D., F.B.A.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Vol. 28. p. 9
Event Date 1927
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Brass Knight in Armour to hold two Candles.'
Event Date 1927
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Candlestick in form of brass knight in armour with candle in each hand.'
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Brass candlestick in the form of an armoured figure with arms outstretched, bearing a candle socket in each hand. Two threaded rods project from the base of the figure’s feet.
Event Date 1/2/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal