Exceptional "Beehive" Based Lighting Device

With Rushlight Nip and Candle Socket
Writhen Wrought Iron and Turned Wood
Retaining Historic Painted Surface
English, c.1750

10.25" high x 5" diameter 

Provenance: The Cosgrove Collection
With Robert Young Antiques

Literature: Robert Young, "Folk Art"; Mitchell Beazley, London 1999; Illustrated Page 75.