CANDLESTICK

Unique ID: MAS-O100041

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

This item was found along with a gin bottle (MAS-D100053) and is similar to other candlesticks discovered (MAS-D100039). All of these items were recovered from the wreck of Josephine Willis, a New Zealand sail and steam propelled packet ship built in c.1840. The ship was carrying 110 people on board bound for Auckland, comprising ten First class passengers, 60 steerage and 40 crew. It sank in 1856 following a collision with Mangerton with the loss of 69 lives. NRHE and Kent HER reference numbers cited in this record refer to the wreck of Josephine Willis.

Class: HEATING AND LIGHTING
Sub class: UPRIGHT CANDLESTICK

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck

Wreck details

Droit number: 092/17

Chronology

Broad period: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Period from: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Period to: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Date to: Exactly AD 1856

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th May 2017

Personal details

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Recorded by: A BB
Identified by: L M
Secondary identifier: V L

Other reference numbers

NRHE monument number: 1025695
Other reference: Kent HER Number: TR 22 NE 45
Droit ID: 092/17

Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass
Completeness: Complete