{"product_id":"hercules-posey-signature-candle","title":"Hercules Posey Signature Candle","description":"\u003cp\u003eHercules Posey commanded the kitchen at Mount Vernon and later cooked in the President’s House in Philadelphia, celebrated in his own lifetime as one of the finest chefs in America. Every dish came off a wood fire he tended himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 22, 1797 — Washington’s birthday, with the whole household occupied — he self-emancipated. Washington wrote letters trying to find him for two years and died in 1799 having never found him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis candle is that fire. Toasted oak and settling embers, soft smoke, and a sweetness that lingers the way woodsmoke stays in a room long after the coals have gone grey. A trace of eucalyptus and clean air keeps it from ever turning heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur 8 oz candle fills your space with the warmth of a kitchen hearth at the end of a long day. Light it when you want the comfort of a fire without the flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe kept the fire. Then he kept himself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFragrance Notes: Eucalyptus, ozone, marshmallow, sugar, patchouli, embers, smoke, oak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber glass vessel | Fall \u0026amp; Winter Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Size: 8 oz (227g)\u003cbr\u003e- Wax: Natural soy\/coconut wax blend\u003cbr\u003e- Wick: Cotton, lead-free\u003cbr\u003e- Vessel: Amber glass (reusable)\u003cbr\u003e- Dimensions: 3\" diameter × 3.5\" height\u003cbr\u003e- Made in small batches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorical source: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/hercules\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGeorge Washington’s Mount Vernon, “Hercules Posey.”\u003c\/a\u003e We use his full name, as current scholarship does, because the single name is how he was recorded as property.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bashford and Pitt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46810572423412,"sku":"BP-HER-CO","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/9123\/3268\/files\/Campfire.jpg?v=1762474216","url":"https:\/\/bashfordandpitt.com\/products\/hercules-posey-signature-candle","provider":"Bashford and Pitt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}