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Candlestick

2017-25-1

Molded bronze finger candlestick or candle holder made with the crest of the Litchfield County University Club. Rococo style with pattern of s-scrolls, c-scrolls, floral designs, and pierced decoration surrounded a central bowl with scalloped edge. In raised decoration at center of bowl is an image of an open book, surrounded by a ring of acanthus leaves with a scroll banner underneath. Banner reads "LUX CARITAS UNITAS CONSTANTIA." Above the ring is an emblem of a small tree. The rear of the candlestick has a single-finger loop made from a single bronze s-scroll; at the middle of the candlestick is an urn which serves as the candle holder, and is decorated with similar motifs.

Newspaper coverage of the LCUC meeting in December 1905 stated that brass candlesticks with the Club crest were placed at each seat as a souvenir. The expense report for the meeting lists the souvenir manufacturer as Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Company, Torrington, CT. Both documents can be found in the LCUC scrapbooks in the LHS Archives.

Founded in 1896, the Litchfield County University Club (LCUC) is an organization that awards scholarships and hosts member dinners and lecturers. Adopted in 1897, the Club's crest usually features a line of text within the book, "Litchfield County University Club 1896." The Club's motto translates to "Light, Charity, Unity, Constancy"; the first letters of each word also form an initialism of the Club's name, L.C.U.C.

• Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Co.

c.1905

Overall length 6", width 5.5", height 3.125"

• bronze