Candle mold
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A tin candle mold for the making of four candles. The top of the mold is square. Below the square top are four tubes that gradually tapper to a point toward the bottom. Each tube has a hole at the end for a wick to be inserted. A handle is attached to the mold below the square top. The handle attaches to two of the circular molds.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.25.13
objectType: label: Type
content: molds
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: tin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 13/16 × 3 1/16 × 4 3/16 in. (25 × 7.7 × 10.6 cm)