Tin Candle Box

Object/Artifact

Forget-me-not, A social history archive

Name/Title

Tin Candle Box

Entry/Object ID

6246

Description

This is a tin candle box, vermin proof, a lockable lid. These were a cylindrical box, kept in poor households to keep vermin out of the candles. Also kept in carriages. Once again, lockable to keep the vermin out. An early day thing.

Collection

Lamps