Name/Title
Dennison's Letter Waxing Set in box of Alice O'Hare, before 1950Entry/Object ID
1996.269.2Description
ACC. NO. 96.296.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: WAX SEALING SET
DESCRIPTION:
LETTER-SEALING SET, CONTAINED IN ORIGINAL BOX, WITH "DENNISON'S LETTER WAXING SET" SIGNED IN INTERIOR. SET CONSISTS OF THREE SEALS (ONE WITH INITIAL "O"); IMITATION ROSEWOOD HANDLES. BLACK EBONIZED AND BLACK AND GREEN BAKELITE HANDLES. RECTANGULAR- AND ROUND-SHAPED CANDLE HOLDERS; MINIATURE CANDLES FOR MELTING WAX. ALSO AN ASSORTMENT OF VARIOUS COLORS OF SEALING WAX.
SIZE: L 3" X W 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
WAX AND LETTER SEALS BELONGED TO MISS ALICE O'HARE, SISTER OF RODNEY, AND AUNT OF THE DONOR. MS O'HARE WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF 1808 PEARL STREET, ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
AUDREY O'BRIEN
DATE: JULY 20, 1996
