candlemaker's candle rack

Description:

Price's Patent Candle Company donated this item to the Museum in 1987. Known in the trade as a 'clamp', its wooden rack would be placed on top of the candle-moulding machine ready to receive the finished candles. From its establishment in 1847, Price's factory in York Road, Battersea, played a significant role in the working history of Battersea and employed successive generations of local families in what remained largely a manual trade.

Production Date:

1926-1960

ID no:

MoL_DK87.120/40

Object size:

H 127 mm; L 575 mm; D 105 mm

Copyright:

Museum of London