ANTIQUE MID 1800s 12 HOLE TIN DBL HANDLE CANDLE MOLD
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ANIMALWORKS GUARD WITH TENDERNESS SMALL THINGS THAT HAVE NO WORDS! ESTABLISHED 2002 WELCOME FRIEND...... PLEASE, DO NOT BID IF YOU CANNOT HONORABLY COMPLETE THIS TRANSACTION, DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND OUR TERMS OF SALE OR FEEL OUR SHIPPING SCHEDULE DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU! Description FROM ESTATE LIQUIDATION......DOUBLE HANDLE, 12 HOLE STANDING TIN CANDLE MOLD THAT DATES FROM THE MID 1800s. THIS IS AN ANTIQUE MOLD THAT HAND BEEN HAND TINKERED BY A TINSMITH, FROM A TIME WHEN CANDLES W THE MAINSTAY FOR ILLUMINATION OF THE COLONIAL HOME, WHALE OIL BEING VERY COSTLY. A HOUSEWIFE COULD MAKE HER OWN CANDLES FROM NATURAL BAYBERRIES OR PARAFFIN. STANDS 9 3/4 INCHES TALL, 7 3/4 INCHES ACROSS, 3 3/4 INCHES DEEP. CONDITION AS FOLLOWS......IT IS OVERALL DULL AND DUSTY FROM AGE. THE BASE IS SLIGHTLY DISTORTED AND ONE CORNER IS BENT AS SEEN IN THE PHOTOS. SOME SURFACE RUST, MOST VISIBLE ON THE UNDERSIDE, NOT TO A FAULT. ONE HANDLE SEAM IS PARTIALLY AWAY FROM THE SOLDER, THE OTHER FINE. CURIOUSLY, THE HOLES THAT YOU WOULD STRING THE WICK THROUGH ON THE UNDERSIDE HAD BEEN CLOSED WITH A DROP OF SOLDER. THEY COULD BE "POPPED" OUT IF MOLDING CANDLES IN THE COLONIAL MANNER IS YOUR OBJECTIVE.......OTHERWISE, DISPLAYS JUST FINE. Please Note THIS ITEM WILL SHIP APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 14 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER PAYMENT IS RECEIVED , REGARDLESS OF THE PAYMENT
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