Tin candle mold with 2 rows of 4, mounted on a raised rectangular base. The 8 molds incline toward each other at their tips and are soldered together for strength. Wire finger ring attached to one side of base and large looped strap handle at other side.
Provenance
Provenance before donor is unknown. Transferred from Heritage Center, December 2012.
10-tube, double row candle mold with attached band handle and detachable base.
One base piece with 10 holes to hold the tops of the molds in place is no longer attached and does not fit anymore. Rectangular bases allowed mold to stand alone on both ends. Handle attached to one side at edge/end where wax is poured in. Hole in ends for wick.
12-tube, double row candle mold with attached band handle and detachable base.
One Bent rectangular base with 12 holes, has come off this mold. Standard size tapers. Handle attached on one side at end where wax is poured into molds.
8-Tube Candle mold with attached handle, missing base.
Almost 10 inch tapers, narrow hole for wicks at top tapered end. Single vertical seam on each candle mold. Base allows for stability. Handle. Horizontal bands on both sides at top hold all eight molds in place.
Copper sculpting/modeling tool hand fashioned to create a flattened, spoon-like handle leading to a rounded shank ending in another flattened end bent at the tip to create a short 1/2" extension bent to nearly a right angle for working in clay or plaster. End is squared off. Crude but effective tool for sculpting bears marks of hammering, especially underside of flattened handle. Used by Lloyd Mifflin. Tool presumed to have been fashioned by Lloyd Mifflin himself from a length of copper. Provenance: Mifflin to the Minnich sisters to the groundskeeper at Norwood to donors.
