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Antique Treen Brighton Bun Candlesticks - With Snuffers
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Antique Treen Brighton Bun Candlesticks - With Snuffers

19th century
Sold 1 April 2025 · Opus Antiques
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A late 1800's campaign Brighton Buns an essential travel item for the military, explorer and treveller. They were compact and portablee.

They consist of two drip pan bases which screw together to form a circular bun. When unscrewed the base divides into two halves revealing two candle cups and two candle snuffers. When upturned the two drip pans form the bases of two chamber candles and the cups slip into the bases to form two chamber sticks.

They were also used by pilgrims visiting the Holy Land.

They were also known as portable candlesticks by the military.

This example is nice as ithey still retain both of the candle snuffers, these are often lost.

The base  measures 12cm w.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated these Wooden Brighton Bun Candlesticks to the 19th Century.

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A late 1800's campaign Brighton Buns an essential travel item for the military, explorer and treveller. They were compact and portablee.

They consist of two drip pan bases which screw together to form a circular bun. When unscrewed the base divides into two halves revealing two candle cups and two candle snuffers.

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When upturned the two drip pans form the bases of two chamber candles and the cups slip into the bases to form two chamber sticks.
Opus Antiques
fig 1. A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers.
fig 1. Antique Treen Brighton Bun Candlesticks - With Snuffers

They were also used by pilgrims visiting the Holy Land.

They were also known as portable candlesticks by the military.

This example is nice as ithey still retain both of the candle snuffers, these are often lost.

The base  measures 12cm w.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated these Wooden Brighton Bun Candlesticks to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1127972
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Archive I A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Antique Treen Brighton Bun Candlesticks - With Snuffers

Archive II A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers. View II
Archive III A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers. View III
Archive IV A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers. View IV
Archive V A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers. View V
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A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers.
Antique Treen Brighton Bun Candlesticks - with snuffers
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A pair of antique turned wooden Brighton bun candlesticks featuring low circular bases, central columns, and matching conical candle snuffers.
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  • ObjectCandle Holders
  • Period19th century
  • StyleGeorgian / Victorian
  • MaterialFruitwood, Wood
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsLathe-turned rings, Circular stepped base, Conical snuffer, Socketed candle holder

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Treen refers to small, functional, handmade wooden domestic objects and utensils produced largely from the 16th century through the Victorian era, prized for their tactile qualities and skilled turning.

Makers predominantly used dense domestic hardwoods such as fruitwood, boxwood, sycamore, and lignum vitae, shaped on a lathe to create symmetrical forms like the bun-shaped base.

Authenticity is determined by the presence of concentric lathe turn marks, natural shrinkage cracks, a deep patination from handling, and construction techniques consistent with pre-industrial hand-tool production.

They can be displayed on a mantelpiece, sideboard, or bookshelf to introduce warmth, historical texture, and organic materiality into minimalist or traditional interior schemes.

Preservation requires keeping wooden items away from direct sunlight and extreme humidity fluctuations, applying occasional microcrystalline wax to nourish the grain, and avoiding water or chemical cleaning agents.
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