There are few things that reflect our collective pioneer spirit better than the hogscraper candlestick. At least that's what I feel whenever I look at one. Plain, hard-working, simple, sturdy, acquiring a mellowness with age, - like our settler ancestors. The hogscraper is quintessentially American. Every colonial household had several. But very few were made here, and none before 1850. Almost all of the antique ones to be found were made in Birmingham, England, and ship