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Colonial homes and their furnishings (1912)

Northend, Mary Harrod, 1850- · Boston, Little, Brown, and company · leaf 292

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Candles of this type were notso plentiful as those of tallow, for the berriesemitted but little fat, and they were thereforecarefully treasured by their makers. To-day thesecandles are the most popular of all makes, emittinga pungent odor as they burn, but their cost some-times makes them… … Plate LXXXVIII. — Brass Candlesticks with elaborateornamentation. About 1775; Branching Candle-sticks with Crystal, 1765 ; Colonial Baluster andCandelabrum Candlesticks.

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