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Candle Warmer
Accession # 2010.75.1a-c
Designer Peter Mueller-Munk
Manufacturer Silex Company
Title Candle Warmer
Date Patented September 27, 1949
Medium Glass and chromed metal
Dimensions 3 5/8 x 6 in. (9.2 x 15.2 cm)
Marks Impressed on top around circular opening: "DES No. 155,354 [infinity symbol] "silex" [infinity symbol] CANDLE WARMER [infinity symbol]"
Credit Line Gift of David A. Hanks in honor of Jewel Stern
Location Visible Storage: Case 19, Shelf J (Pewter)
Description Glass and chromed metal candle warmer, with three separate sections, a. pressed glass circular bowl with overall, raised,horizontal rippled, ridged pattern, on a smaller, raised, narrow vertical ridged pattern base with three, thin, protruding, rectangular 1.5 inch feet. Interior of bowl with central raised circle (for candle), surrounded by three, open small holes. b: thin chrome metal lid with pressed and cut out pattern, central circular opening surrounded by nine regularly spaced, open circles with wavy thin, metal horizontal center and at outer edge with eighteen, regularly spaced, narrow, rectangular, open slots. c: small, white candle in glass container, of recent manufacture and evidence of use. Condition: Good, candle wax on interior in small holes and smoke tarnish to underside of lid.