Vintage Tavern Santa candle
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| Management number | 23494780 | Release Date | 2025/11/18 | List Price | $25.65 | Model Number | 23494780 | ||
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Vintage from the 1950s
Large Tavern Socony-Vacuum Santa Head Lantern Candle 5"
Wick looks like it could have been lite but not for long. A nice vintage candle.
Please see photos
Gurley candles were produced by Gurley Novelty in Buffalo, New York. The company originally started in 1927 and was called W&F Manufacturing Company, and was a confectionary company owned by Franklin Gurley.
The first line of candles was commissioned by a company called Socony Vacuum Oil Company (now ExxonMobil) in 1939 and they were sold under the name Tavern Novelty Candles. They were first created as a way to recycle and reuse the excess paraffin that was a by-product of the oil refinery process (they were ahead of their time with this recycling effort weren’t they?!)
The candles were a success and by the late 1940s, most of Gurley's profits were from these candles! In 1949 W&F manufacturing was renamed Gurley Novelty Company.
| Category | Vintage & collectibles > Antique > Collectibles |
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| Size | N/A |
| Brand | None |
| Condition | Good |
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