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A candle is an ignitable wick embedded in wax, or another flammable solid substance such as tallow, that provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance. A candle can also provide heat, light, or a method of keeping time.
A chandelier is a branched ornamental light fixture designed to be mounted on ceilings or walls. Chandeliers are often ornate, and normally use incandescent light bulbs, though some modern designs also use fluorescent lamps and recently LEDs.
A candlestick, chamberstick, or candelabrum is a device used to hold a candle in place.
A bobèche is a cup or ring at the top of a candlestick, used to catch melted wax running down the side of the candle. Usually made of glass, but often seen made of paper as well.
Antoine Mandelot, better known as Bobèche, was a French theatre clown, similar to a Merry Andrew, under the First Empire and the Restoration.
The Cogniard brothers were two French brothers who worked as playwrights and theatre directors, producing an incalculable number of vaudevilles, reviews, féeries and operettas. The elder of the two was Charles-Théodore or Théodore Cogniard and the younger was Jean-Hippolyte or Hippolyte Cogniard Both brothers were born and died in Paris.
John James Fryatt was an English actor and opera singer best known for his performance in comic character roles.
The hogscraper candlestick is an early form of lighting device commonly used in 19th-century North America and Britain, and mainly manufactured in England. The device is manufactured of tempered sheet iron, wrought in several pieces and joined together by metal joinery and silver soldering. The name is derived from the candlesticks resemblance to an antique device used to scrape bristles from hog hide after slaughter. The antique lighting device commonly consists of a shaft, attached to a round base with a thumb tab ejector mechanism to remove the residual candle stub, and a round lip or "bobèche" to collect candle drippings. The "bobèche" often has a hook extension used for hanging the device. Some hogscraper candlesticks were manufactured with decorative brass or iron bands at the midsection of the shaft and are commonly referred to as "wedding band" hogscrapers. Often the devices are "signed" on the thumb ejector tab by the manufacturer. Historical trade directories have identified most of these manufacturers and the dates of their business existence. While most manufacturers have been identified to Birmingham there is evidence of manufacturing in Sheffield, England. There is no substantive evidence of American manufacturers before 1850.
Edmond Burat de Gurgy, real name Edmond François Célestin Burat de Gurgy, was a French writer and playwright.
Jean-Laurent Kopp was a French actor and singer.
Werner Enders was a German operatic tenor and member of the Komische Oper Berlin.