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LicenseCopper candle holder, used in Somersetshire collieries, pre 1865
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Copper candle holder, used in Somersetshire collieries, pre 1865
These are simply T-shaped spring forceps for gripping a tallow candle, the end being sharpened for sticking into a crevice, etc, to provide light underground. One is of steel; the other, of copper
