Editing Candlestick (section)

{{Short description|Device used to hold a candle in place}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:Candlestick (one of a set of eight) MET DP-13265-131.jpg|thumb|250x250px|British [[Neoclassicism|Neoclassical]] candlestick, 1774-1775, silver, overall: 29.5 × 15.6 × 15.6 cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)]]
A '''candlestick''' is a device used to hold a [[candle]] in place. Candlesticks have a cup or a spike ("pricket") or both to keep the candle in place. Candlesticks are sometimes called "candleholders".

Before the proliferation of electricity, candles were carried between rooms using a '''chamberstick''', a short candlestick with a pan to catch dripping wax.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Snowdon|first=Louise|date=August 10, 2017|title=What is a Chamberstick?|url=https://www.acsilver.co.uk/acsnews/2017/08/10/chamberstick-definition/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818064104/http://www.acsilver.co.uk:80/acsnews/2017/08/10/chamberstick-definition/ |archive-date=2017-08-18 |access-date=|website=AC Silver}}</ref>

Although electric lighting has phased out candles in much of the world, candlesticks and [[candelabra]]s are still used in homes as decorative elements or to add atmosphere on special occasions.