Handmade Beeswax WWII WAC (Women's Army Corp) Figural Candle boat and he leaves plenty of

and he leaves plenty of room for a big bar of soap

there is one missing button loop (the button is there

along the seam

I've just learned these hand-painted jointed figures are Amos and Sandy (thus the A on the chest of the black figure)

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

Handmade Beeswax WWII WAC (Women's Army Corp) Figural Candle boat and he leaves plenty ofI 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