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Victorian tchotchkes

Thrills and SPILLS

December 2, 2025 by Jeri Westerson

It was Victorian recycling. Rolled up old letters, envelops, rolled pieces of shaved wood. You would keep them on your fireplace mantel to light your candles, your oil lamps, your pipes from the fireplace, because your fire was always lit, or banked with embers beneath for easy starting, especially when the maid came to light … Read more

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