Delight-filled Discovery: John Wanamaker Antique Wax Flower Maker's Box with Pigments and Many Envelopes Filled with Cut Paper Templates (Read!) spill vase exactly right and not a

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It was purchased from an estate in Boston

1 3/8" across at opening and 2 3/4" across at base

There are a few inherent imperfections to the glazing around the neck

This one has a very contemporary feel to me

Delight-filled Discovery: John Wanamaker Antique Wax Flower Maker's Box with Pigments and Many Envelopes Filled with Cut Paper Templates (Read!) spill vase exactly right and not aThis is way cool, and we're definitely not going to come across another like it anytime soon, or ever. It is a distinctly Victorian, 1870s to be precise, kit for making wax flowers (of the sort to be placed inside "parlour domes" and given pride of place in the Victorian parlor). Included in the box is a dozen envelopes, each labeled by hand with the name of one or more flowers, and each containing one or several folded paper packets inside of which