Vintage Bronze Fish Candle Holder ✨ Coiled Figural Pike Candlestick, Aged Verdigris Patina, Standing Sculptural Decor pennsylvania_railroad_co Quinton NJ

Quinton NJ

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At the top center sits a coat-of-arms shield bearing a chalice with a cluster of grapes — the ancient symbol of wine culture

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Scripophily — the collecting of historic stock and bond certificates — draws railroad buffs

Vintage Bronze Fish Candle Holder ✨ Coiled Figural Pike Candlestick, Aged Verdigris Patina, Standing Sculptural Decor pennsylvania_railroad_co Quinton NJWhat Kind of Fish Holds a Candle? Every so often an object comes along that refuses to be just one thing, and this is one of them. At first glance it reads as a small sculpture a fish, caught mid leap, its body curled into a tight open coil and its head thrown forward with the jaw wide. Look a moment longer and the second life of the thing reveals itself: the fish's tail rises at the top and opens into a shallow cup, and that cup is a candle socket.