- Brief description
- Taper stand owned by Charles Dickens
- Label
- This is a taper stand owned by Charles Dickens and stood on his desk in the study of his final home at Gad's Hill Place, Higham, Kent. Taper stands, or rush-light holders, such as this would have been used as cheap and renewable sources of light during the Victorian era. Rush-light holders were designed as a substitute for candlesticks following the introduction of a Candle Tax in 1709. Rushes soaked in animal fat would be secured between the pincer-like holder and lit for a cheap source of light.
- Collection
- object
- Object number
- DH49
- Object type
- taper-stand
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