Handmade Beeswax WWII WAC (Women's Army Corp) Figural Candle boat playing at marbles

playing at marbles

it appears to have been thrown

with lovely long turned wooden handle and whitish-gray soft horsehair bristles

but would be tempted to ink it and put it back in use to print a series of cards to be used for sending congratulations to friends for various accomplishments

there is one missing button loop (the button is there

Handmade Beeswax WWII WAC (Women's Army Corp) Figural Candle boat playing at marblesI think this sculptural beeswax candle is a pretty extraordinary thing, and I have not been able to find another of its kind. Surely made during WWII, it represents a woman in the Women's Army Corps, the women's branch of the US Army formed as an auxiliary unit (WAAC) in 1942, and converted to an active duty status (WAC) in July, 1943. Ultimately, about 150,000 American women served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. I'm so curious about the