GUSN-173171
One box of "handipt" candles (two candles- twelve inches tall), bayberry
candle boxes
Box, Candle
"Handipt by Colonial Candles of Cape Cod / Made in U.S.A. / General Housewares Corp. / GIFTWARE Group / Hyannis, MASS 02601" (printed)
"Bayberry candles were quite the same / in oldentimes when their steady flame / Gladdened each night with their cheerful rays / The maidens of old Colonial days / They come from their home on Famed Cape Cod / The land where the Pilgrim's feet first trod / JAN." (printed)
Unknown
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.726
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