Celluloid Candlesticks (2)
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Tuskeloid Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A pair of ivory-grain celluloid candlestick holders. They have flared weighted bases, tapered ring centers, and flared cup-shaped holders. The holders are marked "Tuskeloid" in a diamond shape on the bottom of the base.
label: Description
content: The “TUSKELOID” inscription on the bottom of these celluloid candlesticks refers to a firm that was incorporated in New York City in 1913, and built a factory in Newark, N.J.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1663
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1663
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: candle stick holders, pair
label: Object Name
content: Candlesticks (2)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.6 cm x 9.5 cm; 6 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; each: 6 1/2 in x 3 13/16 in; 16.51 cm x 9.68375 cm