Floor lamp, end table with nostepines?

This is a floor lamp I inherited from my mother-in-law. I researched what the "posts" could be and found that nostepines were used in winding yarn, and these look very similar. They could, however, be some type of candlestick, as they have holes on the flat end that could hold small "stick" candles.
I have tried to find out where this came from and have no manufacturer or name on it.
The light bulb socket has the word "Levton" on it, but this could be a replacement, I don't know.
I would really like to slove the mystery of my lamp and hope someone here can do that!
Thank you very much!