Furniture of the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware (1910)
Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941 · Framingham, Boston : Old America Company · leaf 584
lth of New England camelargely through the whaling fleets, which brought in oil to take the place ofcandles, or spermaceti for the best candles. The preparation of rushes forlighting was by peeling, except for a small shred on one side, and dipping inhot tallow. Rush lights are shown farther on. A… … TWO interesting standsowned by Mr. Geo. F. Ives.That having three Hghts haspractically no bases as dripbasins for the candles. It musthave been used where this defectwas ignored, on an earth floor. Several other good lanternsbelonging to Mr. RudolphPauly, are shown at the bot-tom of page 535. One…
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