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Actions	boxed candles Remove from selection Add to selection Object number2019.012a-e Titleboxed candles CreatorPrice's Patent Candle Company Limited (manufacturer)‎ DescriptionBoxed set of four (4) whale spermaceti candles made by Price's Patent Candle Company Limited. Spermaceti is created in the spermaceti organ inside the whale's head. This organ may contain as much as 1,900 litres of spermaceti, a waxy substance found in the head cavities of the sperm whale. Production placeLondon, Liverpool, Manchester & Glasgow Production date circa 1900 Object namecandles, boxed Dimensions

Object number2019.012a-e

Titleboxed candles

CreatorPrice's Patent Candle Company Limited (manufacturer)‎

DescriptionBoxed set of four (4) whale spermaceti candles made by Price's Patent Candle Company Limited. Spermaceti is created in the spermaceti organ inside the whale's head. This organ may contain as much as 1,900 litres of spermaceti, a waxy substance found in the head cavities of the sperm whale.

Production placeLondon, Liverpool, Manchester & Glasgow

Production date circa 1900

Object namecandles, boxed

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