2026-09-24T04:25:15+01:00https://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/41/format/qrcodehttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/41/format/jsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/41/format/xmlhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/41/format/geojsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/41/format/pdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/41/format/rdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/4141MAS-O10004141CANDLESTICKHEATING AND LIGHTINGUPRIGHT CANDLESTICK1Kent HER Number: TR 22 NE 45With finder15092/17NINETEENTH CENTURY1856One green glass candlestick measuring 5.5 inches high and 3.5 inches wide. This candlestick is thought to date to the 19th century.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.2017-05-29 08:46:262017-09-26 13:14:17312017-05-2828Certain4393941184PAS57C96ECD001E82PAS57BC21F300115BPAS57BC1E1600176F102569522MASMASGlass10879