Candlestick Identification
Candleholders of one type or another have been in use for as long as candles have been made (they date back to about 3000 BC). They were necessary, along with oil lamps, to provide light in households until the advent of electrical lighting during the late nineteenth century. It's thought that candlesticks themselves originated prior to the middle ages. The earliest examples were probably blocks of wood with a spike that the candle could be impaled upon. Later on, when brass candlesticks were devised, the socket seen on today's candlesticks was introduced. When domestic glassware was devised, candleholders were an obvious product line. Most manufacturers of Carnival produced similar patterns. Here are the most often-seen examples. Florentine Style One of the most common shapes of candlesticks. The difference between the Fenton and Northwood is flange between the base and stem. Northwood's is larger (circled)
Fenton Florentine	Northwood Six Nine Five	Cut ovals

Trumpet Style Obviously named for the trumpet horn shape upon which the sticks rest.
Central	Northwood	Vineland	Diamond

Spindle Style Spindles are typically round shafts with bulbous protruding shapes, thus the name here.
Imperial Premium	Northwood	Diamond	549, 649, 749

Carnival Glass patterns These are from the classic Carnival lines.
Grape and Cable	Inverted Strawberry	Moonprint

Twisted stems Some of these must have been very tricky to get out of the mold.
Double Helix	Lancaster 950	Lillian	Spiral 5198
Three Fifteen (315)	Trumpet Twist	Twist Bobeche

Unusual Stems Glass makers never seemed to tire of making unusual designs.
Twelve Rings	Five Bubbles	Paperchain/Origami	Mt Vernon	Sawtooth

Simple shapes Housewives no doubt liked these because they were simple.
One Five One	Portly (249)	Chesterfield	Imperial 700
Royal Lustre	Mae West	Scepter	Six Five One

Figural shapes A few candleholders include people and animals.
Boy and Lamp Post	Crucifix	Christ	Firefly (on base)
Goat, horse

Enameled Some candleholders were decorated in different ways.
Black Banded	Blue Banded	Enameled Flower	Halloween

Miscellaneous designs A testament to the imagination of glass designers.
American	Column	Chamber Candlestick	Delta Base
Crackle	Double Scoll	Six Sided	Six Lustre
Flute and Cane	Thebes	Two Thirty Two	Candleholder Vase

Candelabra For holding multiple candles.

Miniature Candelabra