At the head of each couch stood a pillar like a tombstone, with the guest's name engraved upon it, while overhead swung a Cresset such as men hang in vaults of the dead.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
I went to the King's Chapel to the closet, and there I hear Cresset sing a tenor part along with the Church musick very handsomely, but so loud that people did laugh at him, as a thing done for ostentation.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
When they had reached the portal, whose deep archway was dimly lighted by a Cresset, the stranger paused, and addressed the baron in a hollow tone of voice which the vaulted roof rendered still more sepulchral.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough