Metal cylinder containing 43 wax tapers for lighting candles or a fire (gas). Yellow metal tube decorated with flowers and vines. Tube printed with: "PRICE'S/COLOURED/TAPERS//FOR LIGHTING/ CANDLES, GAS &c//MANUFACTURED BY/PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE Coy Ltd". Tube made by "A. LLOYD & SONS Ltd BUSH LANE E.C.". Lid has company logo of a three-masted ship inside an oval and "TRADE MARK". There is a vestige of a paper price tag over the word "TAPERS".
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Tregaskis, Jenny
Notes
Accession Date: 01-Jul-91
Mode of Acquisition: gift
