Two-candle mold

1825-1860

Measurements

6-1/4 in x 3-3/4 in x 3 in

Materials

Tinned sheet iron

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison

Accession Number

1969.266

Comments

This small two-candle mold with a strap handle made taper sticks, distinguished from candle sticks by their smaller size.  The mold, made of tin-coated sheet iron bent to shape and soldered, has a small platform base shaped like the shallow pan at the top that prevented hot liquid tallow from spilling or dripping.  Most candle molds had a hook from which they would hang while the tallow gelled in the mold, rather than a platform base.