sconce 2 
(skŏns)
(skŏns)n.
1. A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or lights.
2. A flattened candlestick that has a handle.
3. Slang The human head or skull.
[Middle English, from Old French esconse, lantern, hiding place, from Medieval Latin scōnsa, from Latin abscōnsa, feminine past participle of abscondere, to hide away : ab-, abs-, away; see AB-1 + condere, to preserve; see dhē- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]