Hexagonal or six panel-sided candlestick with fixed, open rolled-edge bobeche or drip pan, urn-shaped candle cup or socket, and elongated vase-shaped stem on conforming, trumpet-shaped base with stepped edge. Base underside is struck incuse at center with a concentric circular mark for "FORBES [SILVER] PLATE CO. U.S.A." around an eagle's head erased, facing right, above "QUADRUPLE PLATE" in sans serif letters and "92"; "PEN" is scratched at right with a circled "2" marked over it in red pencil or crayon, and the roman numeral "II" is at bottom left edge. One of two candlesticks, DL*306994.0050-.0051.
Assembled candlestick composed of a British infantry officer's sword hilt for the stem and an English-style, swan-neck riding spur screwed into its pommel for the base; two, domed-top, flathead screws in the spur's terminals can be adjusted for stability. Removable circular nozzle, cylindrical candle cup or socket and lobed circular bobeche or drip pan are screwed into the ricasso. Ricasso stamped "PROVED" in a circle.