Blocks of paraffin

These three blocks of solid state paraffin date from the mid 1850s. The blocks would have been heated before being used as oil. The handwritten label on the one in the front of the photograph reads 'Solid Paraffin from Young's Paraffin Works, Bathgate'.

Tallow dip with a cotton wick, made and used at the farm of Milsington, Roxburghshire, mid 1850s

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Online ID:	000-190-004-159-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MGJ 16
Date:	Mid 1850s
Material:	Tallow with cotton wick
Dimensions:	9.10" L
What:	Dip, tallow
Subject:	Candlemaking equipment and candles (NMAS Classification)
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Where:	Scotland, Roxburghshire, Milsington
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