Candlesticks were often of brass, though the poorer people used those
made of wood, iron or tin; and three nails driven into a bit of board
could serve very well. Those of brass were often beautiful.
The knob on the upright of the stick at the left slid up and down in a
slot and carried with it a movable base; with this device the candle was
lifted out of the upright as it burned, until the base came to the top
and the last atom of the candle burned.
The central stick shows a like device, and has also a thin projecting
arm of brass which could be put into a socket in the wall.
The third one has its candle covered by an extinguisher, a hollow cone,
dropped on a lighted candle to put it out. The upstanding extension of
brass has a hole in its end, and by this can be hung over a nail in the
wall.