Candle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TAPERED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0086.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- HOME BUILT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BEESWAX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE AND USED IN CANADA. CANDLES ARE MADE OF BEESWAX. CANDLE LIGHTING WAS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF LIGHTING IN CANADA BEFORE GAS OR ELECTRIC LIGHTING. - Function
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TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
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CANDLES COULD BE MADE BY DIPPING OR IN THIS CASE, BY USING A TIN CANDLE MOULD IN WHICH LIQUID TALLOW OR BEESWAX WAS POURED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- GOLDEN-YELLOW
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Candle, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0086, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0086.001/
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