I found this at a site that dates back to 1912. I believe it to be a candle stick holder but I cannot figure out what the pointy thing is and how that might work?
Can I bore everyone? A few decades ago at Old Sturbridge Village, (a working Colonial era museum in Massachusetts), I found out that "candlestick holder" is an incorrect word. The actual holder is the "candlestick", and a candle is not a candlestick, it is simply called a candle. So I guess a wall or a table could be a ''candlestick HOLDER" depending on where the candlestick is placed. lol
The museum guy who gave the demonstrations of tinworking, let us know the true descriptions of old stuff that he reproduced there.