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01-22-2013, 11:29 AM
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? For my reenactment and history friends
Ok guys. I am looking for a item I once saw in a old book (can't find the book) It was a small metal box with a candle on one side that would stand up when the lid was opened. It only took up about a third or fourth of the box from what I remember and was about a finger length (maybe a bit more) in length. I WANT to say there was a fire starter of some sort in the box, but I am not certain. This could have been for a wax seal, again not certain. All I can remember is that it was "pocket" sized and would have been from around the revolutionary war, mountain man, maybe even civil war era. I seem to remember it being associated with a portable writing desk in what I read, but again not certain.
Any ideas? Any help? Searches so far bring up every cheap piece of garbage modern "vintage" candle in a tin can, how to pour your own candles, and a plethora of other non-related miscellanea. I am guessing it uses a term, name, or nomenclature that I just don't know. This is purely a question to help settle my mind which has become locked on this item as of late, and is driving me crazy. Thanks Richard
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