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Lighting: Candlestick
Brass candlestick. One of a pair of gimbaled candlesticks from the ship GRACE ROSS, which used to sail out of Searsport, ME. They have been handed down in the family of Mrs. George S. Schultz and originally came to her from her grandmother, Cordelia Jewett Hammons. Presented in her father's name, George Leslie Hammons; he was born in Searsport and spent his boyhood there. The ship GRACE ROSS was built in 1858 for William H. Conner and John Gilmore Pendleton was her captain in 1859, sailing out of Searsport. The gimbals on these candlesticks from the ship rotate to ensure that the flaming wick always stays vertical as the ship heels and sways with the wind and waves. Lighting: Candlestick #2 Candlestick of a pair of gimbaled brass candlesticks from ship GRACE ROSS, which used to sail out of Searsport. They have been handed down in the family of Mrs. George S. Schultz and originally came to her from her grandmother, Cordelia Jewett Hammons. Presented in her father's name, George Leslie Hammons. He was born in Searsport and spent his boyhood there. (#1 candlestick newcat = 1956.0007.001.001). Old number 828
