Candle making was a very large industry in the Victorian era until oil, kerosene, gas, and electricity push their use from utilitarian to decorative.
The following examples are but a few, mostly British, lables that shed some light on the industry and the competition that dominated the market. Most labels undated but are assumed to be from the Victorian era through the 1920s.
Samuel Clarke, Patentee
"Pyramid" and "Fairy" Light works, Child's Hill, London, N.W.
Candle box Included note congratulating the Bride and Groom on their Wedding Day, a fairy lamp, and a partially burned candle.
Clarke's Cricklight
Double Wick Lights
Price's Patent Candle
Company. Ltd.
Clarke's Cricklite
Double Wick Lights
Clarke's Cricklight
Double Wick Lights
Price's Patent Candle
Company. Ltd.
Clarke's Cricklight
Double Wick Lights
Manufactured by Price's Patent Candle
Company. Ltd.
Clarke's Cricklight
Double Wick Lights
"Date of Manufacturer 1898"
Clarke's
Summer Night Lights
Prices's Patent Candle Co.
Late Clarke's Pyramid & Fairy Light Co.
Clarke's
Summer Night Lights
Instructions
Prices's Patent Candle Co.
Late Clarke's Pyramid & Fairy Light Co.
Clarke's Pyramid
Night Light
Price's Patent Candle
Company. Ltd.
Clarke's Fairy Lights
Instructions for Use
Price's Patent Candle
Company. Ltd.
C.W.S Wheat Sheaf
Night Lights
Genuine Co-Operative Production
C.W.S Wheat Sheaf
Night Lights
8 Hours
C.W.S Wheat Sheaf
Night Lights
10 Hours
J.C. & J. Field's
Ozokerit Night Lights
J.C. & J. Field's
Ozokerit Night Lights
J.C. & J. Field's
"Pearl" Night Lights
6, 8, & 10 hours
C.W.S Wheat Sheaf
Night Lights
8 Hours
J.C. & J. Field's
Ozokerit Night Lights
I.B. CO
IBCOLITE
Twelve Lights and Glass
OBERON
"King of the Fairies"
Night Light
Palmers
Venus Night Lights
to burn in glass
Price's
Improved "Child's"
Night Lights
Price's
Improved "Child's"
Night Lights
Temporary War Time Pack
Price's
Humpty Dumpty
Night Light Holder
& Sentinel Night Lights
Price's
Palmitine Star
Night Lights
...to burn in Wright's Vaporizer
Price's
New Patent
Night Lights
Price's
Royal Castle
Night Lights
Price's
Sentinel
Night Lights
Temporary War Time Pack
Price's
Sentinel
Night Lights
Price's
Night Lights
"Off to Fairyland"
Price's
Palmitine Candles
and Night Lights
Price's Patent
Candle Company
London & Liverpool
Price's
Child's Night Lights
London & Liverpool
Price's
Carriage Candles
London & Liverpool
Price's Clarke Pyramid
Wartime Candles
Price's
Night Lights
c. 1933
Price's
Child's Night Lights
Original box of twelve Fairy Lights
Clarke's Pyramid and Fairy Light Company, London, N.W.
