NAM.1962-08-84-1

Candelabrum, 1856-1857. From the mess plate of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers). Silver, made by John S Hunt, hallmarked London 1856-1857. Associated with the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856). Decorated with a relief scene of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) storming the Redan at Sevastopol, this candelabrum was purchased with money left in the will of Major Norton. It is inscribed, ‘Bequeathed to the officers of the Connaught Rangers by Edward Norton late Major of the Regiment who died of cholera in camp before Sebastopol on the 19th of May 1855’. In four parts

Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)