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  STAR Mining Candle Marking Closeup.jpg - STAR CANDLE MARKING - Stearic wax candle marked with inset letters STAR, 10 in. long, manufactured by M. Werk & Co., from the Eureka, NV miningdistrict, NOS condition, shown with fancy diamond shaft candlestick (The M.Werk Company was founded as Werk Soap and Candle Company in 1832 by Michel Werk and was one of the oldest soap and candle business in the city of Cincinnati. Werk was born in 1807 in Alsace, France. He married Pauline La Feuille in 1843 and their eldest son Casimir went on to become president of the company. The Werk Soap and Candle Works factory at the corner of John and Poplar Streets in downtown Cincinnati was destroyed by fire in 1874, but was rebuilt as a three-story building in the same location in 1875. Michael Schwartz succeeded Casimir Werk as president of the company from 1894 to 1904, and his son Albert Schwartz succeeded him. By 1912 Werk sold more soap in Cincinnati that any other brand, becoming a household name, and the company decided to move into a larger, fireproof factory with more modern facilities on about 20 acres of land on Murray Road in St. Bernard, just north of downtown Cincinnati.Werk made many different kinds of soap and candles, beginning with German Soap, which was eventually renamed to avoid confusion with other brands. The most well-known is Tag soap, on which tags were placed that could be redeemed towards various household items. They also made Meerschaum soap, "Clean Work" soap powder, Falcon soap and white castile soap, as well as manufacturing Stearic Acid, Star (as shown here) and X-Ray candles and chemically pure glycerine for manufacturing use. M. Werk Co. was eventually purchased by Proctor & Gamble.)  
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STAR Mining Candle Marking Closeup | STAR CANDLE MARKING - Stearic wax candle marked with inset letters STAR, 10 in. long, manufactured by M. Werk & Co., from the Eureka, NV mining district, NOS condition, shown with fancy diamond shaft candlestick (The M.Werk Company was founded as Werk Soap and Candle Company in 1832 by Michel Werk and was one of the oldest soap and candle business in the city of Cincinnati. Werk was born in 1807 in Alsace, France. He married Pauline La Feuille in 1843 and their eldest son Casimir went on to become president of the company. The Werk Soap and Candle Works factory at the corner of John and Poplar Streets in downtown Cincinnati was destroyed by fire in 1874, but was rebuilt as a three-story building in the same location in 1875. Michael Schwartz succeeded Casimir Werk as president of the company from 1894 to 1904, and his son Albert Schwartz succeeded him. By 1912 Werk sold more soap in Cincinnati that any other brand, becoming a household name, and the company decided to move into a larger, fireproof factory with more modern facilities on about 20 acres of land on Murray Road in St. Bernard, just north of downtown Cincinnati. Werk made many different kinds of soap and candles, beginning with German Soap, which was eventually renamed to avoid confusion with other brands. The most well-known is Tag soap, on which tags were placed that could be redeemed towards various household items. They also made Meerschaum soap, "Clean Work" soap powder, Falcon soap and white castile soap, as well as manufacturing Stearic Acid, Star (as shown here) and X-Ray candles and chemically pure glycerine for manufacturing use. M. Werk Co. was eventually purchased by Proctor & Gamble.) Download Original Image
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