Candles box
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, wax and wick
Measurements
40 mm (Width) x 25 mm (Depth); 70 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938833.1
Summary
One of two small boxes of ' "BIRTHDAY" / CANDLES / BRITISH / MADE'. Each box has black print, a separate lid with oval aperture through which its contents, sixteen thin candles for cakes, can be viewed, and black stains. (a) is pink and contains pink candles; (b) is white and contains white candles.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).