Pair of "painted candles" in original box w/ Japanese characters on paper label surrounding image of candle w/ mums on it, red and yellow. Inside cardboard box, candles wrapped in paper.
candles
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
wax
Cardboard
Wax
Unidentified Paper
CANDLE
Printed on label: ""PATENT 'PAINTED CANDLES'"" Stamped on side of box: ""Chrysanthemum""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
Japan
1.25 x 2.125 x 7.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2331
New York state (United States)
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].