Night lights box
Price's Patent Candle Ltd
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Place of origin
Manchester
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 24201
Summary
Empty cardboard box with lid. Red label on lid reads : PRICE'S NEW PATENT No 783, 1853 / NIGHTLIGHTS / THE NEW PATENT GLASSES / PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE PATENT LIMITED, LONDON, LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER. Decorated with sailing ship, twigs and leaves on a banner and a gasholder. Inside instructions for use. Top and bottom of box are decorated with blue geometric leaf patterns on white; both are very mouldy.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Price's Patent Candle Ltd, manufacturer