2 candles made of double tapers

Made:
1850-1920
2 candles made of double tapers

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

2 candles made of double tapers
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

2 candles made of double tapers, plaited in red and yellow coloured waxes, used by Jews to relight fires after the Sabbath, European, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655578
Materials:
wax and thread
type:
candles