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Wax, Craft

Object Name:
Wax, Craft
Object ID:
1995.637.04
Description:
Wax for flowers and fruits. Six pieces.
Green: small chunk of green wax. Taken from bottom of round vessel. Irregular edge. Dark residues in wax in bottom.
Yellow/orange wax disc, removed from round vessel. Marks on bottom where wax not quite hard when removed from vessel.
Tan: wax disc removed from round vessel. Five-pointed star impressed on one side. Translucent, slightly yellow in color.
Translucent light yellow. A piece of residual wax. Came from round vessel with slightly rounded bottom.
Off-white translucent wax disc. Some residual wax taken from round container with slightly rounded bottom. Inside surface concave from shrinkage.
Small piece of translucent wax. Perhaps three melted smooth surfaces. Two ends rough due to fracture. Small fracture edge on one surface. One side with a compound curve quite shiny with pattern of small cracks in it.
Material:
Composition
Wax
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Arts & crafts
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