"Sparkling Lights"
These small lights burned oil, perhaps whale oil at one time. When a gentleman caller arrived, the "best beau" was allowed the longest visit, timed with the longest wick in the lamp!!
This blue and white tea set, It is believed to have come to America on the Mayflower, probably with the Allerton family. Mary Allerton married Thomas Cushman ( a passenger on Fortune ship) ancestors of the Phillips' Cushman families..
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