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SPERMACETI CANDLES FROM THE CANDLE SHOP NANTUCKET ISLAND - VINTAGE 1960'S - RARE For Sale
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SPERMACETI CANDLES FROM THE CANDLE SHOP NANTUCKET ISLAND - VINTAGE 1960'S - RARE:
$135.00
A VERY RARE FIND.......THESE SPERMACETI CANDLES WERE PURCHASED AT THE CANDLE SHOP ON NANTUCKET ISLAND SOMETIME DURING THE SIXTIES BY MY MOM AS A SOUVENIR. THEY REMAINED IN THE ORIGINAL BOX FOR THE PAST SIXTY SOMETHING YEARS AND THEY AND THE BOX ARE IN PRETTY REMARKABLE CONDITION. AS THE BOX INDICATES "THE CANDLES YOU FIND IN THIS BOX ARE JUST ABOUT THE PUREST AND FINEST YOU CAN BUY ANYWHERE. THEY ARE MADE FROM A WHITE SEMI-SOLID, CRYSTALLINE WAX FOUND IN THE HEAD-CAVITY OF THE SPERM-WHALE. THAT CANDLES COULD BE MADE FROM 'SPERMACOETI' AS IT WAS THEN CALLED, WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY." A SPERMACETI CANDLE PROVIDED A SOFT LIGHT WHICH WAS EQUAL TO THE FLAME OF FOUR OTHER CANDLES AND WHICH BURNED ABOUT TWICE AS LONG AS OTHER CANDLES THE SAME SIZE. IT SURPASSES ALL OTHER CANDLES FOR ITS BEAUTY. THESE WERE THE HEIGHT OF CANDLE TECHNOLOGY --- AND IN MY DEEP DIVE, FAVORED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND GEORGE WASHINGTON AMONG OTHERS. THESE ARE NO LONGER MANUFACTURED DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF WHALE CONSERVATION --- AND THERE HAS BEEN A MORATORIUM ON THESE ITEMS SINCE 1986. THESE AUTHENTIC SPERMACETI CANDLES WILL BE CAREFULLY PACKED AND SAME DAY SHIPPED FROM A PETFREE/SMOKEFREE ENVIRONMENT. TAPERS ARE 10 1/2 INCHES LONG. SHIPPING COST WILL INCLUDE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE
SPERMACETI CANDLES FROM THE CANDLE SHOP NANTUCKET ISLAND - VINTAGE 1960'S - RARE $135.00
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