Candles Collection (page 2)

People working in a soap and candle factory, south London
People working in the B T & W Hawes soap and candle factory on the south bank of the River Thames in London, showing soap-boiling coppers. 1842

Two girls by Xmas tree
Two young girls holding toys standing beside Christmas tree adorned with candles. Date: 1905

Descending a coal mine at Wielliczka, Hungary. early 19th century

The Form of the Tabernacle
According to Jewish texts, the tabernacle was the portable sanctuary created by Moses as a place of worship during the period of wandering that came before their arrival in the Promised Land

Interior of the Temple of Quannon (Kannon) Kannon (Kwannon, Quannon) personifies compassion and is one of the most widely worshipped deities in Asia and Japan throughout both ancient

Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1920
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1920 featuring a woman in stylised medieval dress carrying a small Christmas tree. Date: 1920

Woman in a Catholic church, Brittany, Northern France
Woman seated alone in a Catholic church, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Cherubs with tree on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Cherubs with tree and presents on a Christmas postcard. circa 1890s

Angels with tree on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Angel with children and tree on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus with children on a cutout Christmas card
Santa Claus with children and tree on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Home Sweet Home -- happy domestic scene, How sweet it is to sit beneath a fond fathers smile. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

At the hairdressers - People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1960s

Altar, Nossa Senhora do Monte, near Funchal, Madeira
The ornate Altar of the church of Nossa Senhora do Monte (Our Lady of Monte), near Funchal, Madeira. Date: circa 1930

Christmas at Windsor Castle 1846
Interesting engraving of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in the drawing- room, presenting gifts to her guests in 1846. The room was surrounded by several German Christmas trees nearly eight feet in

Gas Stokers strike 1872
Political disturbance in the industrial south-eastern districts of Victorian London involving Trade Unionists, striking to assert their rights

Women working in a large factory making wax candles with a foreman standing watching them

Interior view of under three spans of roof of Prices Candle Company, with their new substance of crude petroleum from Burma

Exterior of Prices Patent Candle Company, Bromborough Pool Works. Date: 1854

Christmas Greetings Postcard
1905

Gold-Plated Shears Date: 1880

Wreath on the Door Date: 1940

Girl Makes a Wish Date: 1950

Our Lady of Solitude

Home for Christmas Date: 1930

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1849
No. 1, Candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company: Spreading and stripping department. Date: 1849

Prices Patent Candle Companys Works 1861
Interior of candle manufacturing process at Prices Patent Candle Company in Battersea, London. Date: 1861

PUTTING CANDLES ON TREE
A woman puts the final touches to a Christmas tree by decorating it with lit candles. Date: 1950s

Alum Mine at Hurlet near Glasgow 1843
Interior of an underground alum mine at Hurlet near Glasgow. The miners, with candles attached to their helmets, dig into the rocks and cart away the mineral in wheelbarrows

RAKES PROGRESS 6
6. Gaming house scene Date: 1735

The King Am I - Nativity scene silhouette. Date: 1940s

Altar for the Oxford Movement Catholic Centenary held at the White City Stadium, Hammersmith, London on 9th July 1933 - over 50, 000 people attended the High Mass. Date: 1933

Lying-in-State of late King George V - Westminster Hall
Late Majesty, King George Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall, London, for the four days. Around the Royal coffin on its dais, isolated amid the wide spaces

Queen Mourns Deaths / 1908
The Queen of Portugal mourns over the deathbeds of her assassinated husband, Carlos I, and her son, Luiz Date: 1908

Decorated Christmas tree with toys below and an angel at the top. Date: circa 1890s

Interior, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Christmas arrangement of candles, flowers and holly
Christmas arrangement of two red candles, white flowers, red ribbon, holly and mistletoe on a circular log

Martin Luther with his Family and their Christmas Tree
The Christmas Tree in History and Legend: Martin Luthers Tree. It is thought (in some quarters) that Martin Luther (and the early Lutherans) were the originators of the Christmas Tree custom

Wedding of Lord Lovat and Hon Laura Lister
The wedding of Lord Lovat (Brigadier-General Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat, 1871-1933) and the Hon Laura Lister (daughter of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale) at the Brompton Oratory

Israel / Bethlehem Grotto
Bethlehem: Grotto of the Nativity

Angels, Tree, Baby Jesus
Two angels light the candles on a Christmas Tree on the roof of the stable where the baby Jesus lies, uniting pagan myth and the Christian story

Angels Lights Candles
An angel lights the candles on the Christmas Tree

Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder
Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder, with a string to pull to make the flame appear. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Clarkes cricklite lamps 1897
New style lamps made from silk, instead of the old style very dangerous paper shades. 1897

The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray
The Prince Charming who became a Monster, The Wooing of La Belle, by Felix de Gray. 1926

Find the Fault card No. 24 -- fireplace. circa 1930s

Tallow-Chandler 1827
" The business of a tallow- chandler consists in making candles of suet or fat and in selling them after they are made". Date: 1827

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