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Good 18thc Farmhouse Oak Candle Box C1760
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Good 18thc Farmhouse Oak Candle Box C1760

18th century
Sold 30 January 2025 · Mike Melody Antiques
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A GOOD UNTOUCHED 18TH CENTURY OAK HANGING CANDLE BOX . THE COLOUR IS SUPERB AS IS THE PATINATION. IT IS HARD TO BETTER THE COLOUR !!

C1760 AND IT MEASURES 50cms H 12cms D 14cms W

JUST WAITING FOR A NEW COTTAGE OR FARMHOUSE TO HANG IN .

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ESTABLISHED IN1977 IN CHESTER

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Mike Melody Antiques has dated this Antique Oak Candle Box to the Georgian era.

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A GOOD UNTOUCHED 18TH CENTURY OAK HANGING CANDLE BOX . THE COLOUR IS SUPERB AS IS THE PATINATION. IT IS HARD TO BETTER THE COLOUR !!

C1760 AND IT MEASURES 50cms H 12cms D 14cms W

JUST WAITING FOR A NEW COTTAGE OR FARMHOUSE TO HANG IN .

UK POSTAGE INCLUDED

ALL FORMS OF PAYMENT INCLUDING CCS ETC

LAPADA_CINOA MEMBERS SINCE1985

ESTABLISHED IN1977 IN CHESTER

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Mike Melody Antiques has dated this Antique Oak Candle Box to the Georgian era.

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Mike Melody Antiques
Mike Melody Antiques
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Combined 85 years of buying and selling quality antiques and still loving it.

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An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Good 18thc Farmhouse Oak Candle Box C1760

Archive II An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front. View II
Archive III An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front. View III
Archive IV An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front. View IV
Archive V An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front. View V
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Mike Melody Antiques

Mike Melody Antiques
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Cheshire
United Kingdom
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Verified Since Jan 2013
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Mike Melody Antiques
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An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front.
GOOD 18THC FARMHOUSE OAK CANDLE BOX C1760
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An upright, dark oak wall-hanging candle box featuring a shaped backplate with a suspension hole and a fielded panel front.
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  • ObjectWall Boxes
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian Country
  • MaterialOak
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsFielded panel door, Shaped backboard, Suspension aperture, Bevelled edges

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Antique candle boxes were essential domestic items in the 17th and 18th centuries when tallow and beeswax candles were costly commodities. They were typically hung on walls near hearths or doorways to keep candles safe from pests and dust.

These boxes were predominantly crafted from native timbers such as oak, elm, or pine, utilizing traditional joinery techniques like pegged mortise and tenon joints, sliding lids, and backboards fitted with suspension holes.

Authentic pieces exhibit natural timber shrinkage, hand-cut joinery, period-appropriate fixings, and deep surface patination accumulated over centuries of handling and environmental exposure.

Such pieces can be wall-mounted in kitchens, hallways, or living spaces to display dried botanicals or simply integrated as standalone textural objects that showcase historical craftsmanship.

Preservation involves maintaining stable indoor humidity levels, avoiding direct sunlight, and occasionally applying microcrystalline wax to nourish the timber without harming the historic patina.
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