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Posted 2 years ago

Stormpixie
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An Unusual hanging candlestick holder.

Its made of metal, and each piece of the design has been enamelled.
I bought it from a charity shop about ten years ago and I have no idea where it comes from. If anyone has any clues, I would be pleased to hear from you.

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1. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
   It is a Pennsylvania dutch design. So very likely from that area.
2. Stormpixie, 2 years ago
   How very interesting! I found it in a shop in the North East of England. thank you for your help, thats a great start.
3. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
   Then I would say it could be German
   The Pennsylvania Dutch dialect is primarily a derivative of Palatinate German
   
   Pennsylvania Dutch refers to emigrants and the descendants of emigrants from southwestern Germany and Switzerland who settled in Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries. The term "Dutch", a folk-rendering of "deutsch" or "deitsch" (meaning "German") has been used in the English-speaking community. There is some speculation among scholars that "Dutch" may be an archaic term used to refer to all people of Germanic descent.
4. Stormpixie, 2 years ago
   Im fascinated! thanks again.
5. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
   http://www.padutch.com/hexsigns.shtml
   http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/hex-signs.html
   
   
6. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
   Here's some examples
   http://www.padutch.com/hexsigns.shtml
   http://www.the-artistic-garden.com/hex-signs.html
   
   
7. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
   Oh here is a good one
   http://www.padutchculture.com/hexsigns.html
8. Stormpixie, 2 years ago
   I can see you're very likely correct. the birds and hex signs are very significant. Im going to be up all night reading about this now!! :)
9. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
   Make sure you take some sites with a grain of salt. Many bring the Amish in the mix, and they don't do "Hexes" But to start with the descendents of the PA dutch is a place to start.
10. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
    If you want to get really wrapped up and (for some freaked out) Silver Ravenwolf has a bunch about this subject
11. Stormpixie, 2 years ago
    Kindest regards, thanks once more.
    
12. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
    Oh your from the UK! Witchy pagan and Celtic stuff you should be used to!
13. Vestaswind, 2 years ago
    Now I'm fascinated. You have the double eagle (strength and courage), tons of good luck symbols
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aferm/pennsylvania/hex.htm
    
    And you have a maiden of some sort.
    Germans probably personified spring as a maiden, and so referred to her in the Ostarafest,whether they worshipped her or not. Two thousand years from now, folklorists will be squabbling as to whether the twentieth century Americans really believed in Santa Claus

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