Tavern Novelty Candle # 764 Pumpkin Socony-Vacuum oil Co Inc 4” diam. #2

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Tavern Novelty Candle # 764 Pumpkin Socony-Vacuum oil Co Inc
4” diameter
#2
Made U.S.A. This dates from 1931 to 1966.
This one has not been burned, the green coloring is still on the stem. It has however sort of melted down over the years of storage.
Flat one side with bulging at bottom unused wick, NOS.
Vacuum Oil Company was an American oil company known for its Gargoyle 600-W steam cylinder motor oil. After being taken over by the original Standard Oil Company and then becoming independent again,
in 1931 Vacuum Oil merged with the Standard Oil Company of New York, commonly known as 'Socony Oil', to form "Socony-Vacuum Oil Company" in 1931,
later called "Mobil".
S-V oil merged in 1931, after the government gave up attempts to prevent it. The newly-combined entity, Socony-Vacuum Corp, was the world's third-largest oil company.
Mobil would merge with the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to form ExxonMobil in 1999.