Rare 19th Century French Or American Stenciled Tole Candle Mold Circa 1885
Item History & Price
Rare 19th century French or Americanstenciled tole candle mold - circa 1885We purchasecollections of Continental lighting, metalwork, ceramics, glass & textiles, enabling me to offer a quantity of rare antiques. Please register my store/page in your favorites, for a fine range of 14th to 19th century period metalwork, lighting& other pieces, all guaranteed, as to age, condition & origin. I have far more than I can possibly keep up with, as to eBay – and, international buy...ers cannot otherwise "see" pieces listed on eBayUK. Text, formatting & images © 2019 – R. Josef Burdett-Williamson – allrights reserved.Breveté, 2019, par M. R. Josef Burdett-Williamson. ATTENTION– défense de reproduction! We are very serious, as to Intellectual Property rights – any violations arereported to eBay,
and our Intellectual Properties attorneys in Leeds & Paris. Please read all my terms ofsale carefully!Elly Burdett This is in France.Other pieces are forcomparison (not for sale).You are only buying thecandle mold.
Je suis CharlieEn memoriam à noscollègues les artistes, journalistes et rédacteurs ; 7 janvier 2015 Nous sommes ParisiensEn memoriam ; 13novembre 2015 If theremaining colors and graphics on this very rare candle mold look familiar toAmericans, it’s because they are similar to those used by Shaker agent A.J. White, in his 1885 to 1887 almanacs.Few people are aware that the Shakers began filling major orders of herbs, extract & preparations to London & Paris, at least as early as 1850 –by the 1880’s, Shaker “fancy” goods & other Shaker commercial productswere sold extensively in France. At the end of WWI, the Mt. Lebanon ShakerCommunity sent entire relief containers of Shaker goods to both France andBelgium, partly due to their commercial relationship with a French pharmacist (executedby Germans in 1916) and his Belgian son-in-law.I veryactively collect Shaker-related material, as to their international medicinalcommerce - I own the largest collection outside the US – my book on the subjectwill be coming out in the next year. If not for the stenciling, I would havedated this sheet iron candle mold as probably being 50 years earlier, butgraphics design in the 19th century evolved rapidly – the combinationof typography, design & color are pretty specific to the mid to late 1880’s.Sadly, this has been overly-cleaned along the soldered seams, which has effacedmuch of the stenciling – quite a bit is still visible, but not enough for meto make sense of.I’ve been living in France for 25+years, and have seen at least 8 stamped Mt. Lebanon Shaker chairs, but don’t recallever seeing a candle mold of this type, regardless of origin. It might wellbe French, and from a company that was only in existence for a brief time –I only mention the Shakers, due to the graphics. It turned up very locally, less than 20 miles from my house – but so has a stamped number # 7 Mt. Lebanonrocker, with its original tape seat & back.Condition – strictlyas described and as-seen, but intact, with no repairs or replacements – theedges of the base are very slightly bent. If not for the paint, I would havewiped this down with diluted linseed oil, but don’t want to take a chance on damagingthe surface of a rare survivor, regardless of its origin. Photos are high resolution – increasethe magnification to view details.© R.Josef Burdett-Williamson Certified expert & appraiser, New EnglandAppraisers Association.Founding Trustee, New BedfordMuseum of Glass.Height – 27.3 cm. (10& 3/4”): base – 17.8 cm. (7”)by 8.3 cm. (3 & 1/4”). Weight– 300 grams, not including packaging.Insured mailing within France is 9 Euros; to the UK & EU is 15 Euros– to North America is 28Euros.We don't charge for packing & handling, & always offer grouped rate posting, with no time limits.We ship from both France & the UK– please read listings carefully – rates& conditions are substantially different. Important!We usually mailwithin 5 to 7 working days from clearance of payment, but dorequest that buyers be understanding of delays due to illness, severe weather, or computer problems: we are strictly a familybusiness!Buyers leaving less than5-star feedback (no longer invisible) will be permanently black-listed. This is not a"decorator" shop - eBay’s “Hassle-free returns” does not applyto arbitrary whim!Returns accepted - if: there is a major problem with the age, condition ororigin of a piece as described; and this is confirmed by aqualified expert with professional credentials.We require photographsof any alleged damage - they are mandatory for insurance claims. What you pay for shippingis our actual cost – despite lowered fuel costs, international shipping is stupidlyexpensive - we have absolutely no control over rates – and even so, lose 4% to PayPal, and often absorb extra costs, such as double-boxing.International buyers – please inquire, as to mailing costs!Note:Our independent certifications withthe New England Appraisers Association (in both France & England) expedite Customsclearances, and prevent duties being incorrectly imposed on antiques conformingto the 100 years legal dateline, thus saving buyers 10% to 43% in relevant countries. From France, the postalsystem is fast, efficient, flexible, & based on weight; rates haverecently changed, but generally remain less than those of the UK, for smallerparcels. Up to 2 kilos to NorthAmerica costs 36 Euros; up to 5 kilos to North America costs 53 Euros;up to 10 kilos is 100 Euros, & 20 kilos is 160 Euros – plus 1 Euro per 150 Euros insurancecoverage, to a maximum of 1, 500 Euros. Buyers can lower costs on grouped purchases, depending on thesize of the parcel, & insurance coverage - several pieces in one parcelare usually less expensive, as to per-item shipping cost – but do ask first!From the UK - Royal Mail can only be used for internationalparcels under 2kilos; measuring less than 90 centimeters total, and with a maximum insurance value of £200 (a recent, &exceedingly dumb decision): FedEx shipping is largelyvolumetric – the cost of sending a 5-kilo parcel is only marginally higher than1 or 2 kilos – 5 kilos toNorth America can be as little as £50 - versus £28 to £32 for 1 kilo – depending on the size of the parcel, & insurance coverage. Buyers can usually lower shippingcosts on grouped purchases – but again, please ask first. Payments:PayPal, French or UK checks, or bank drafts, & all banktransfers accepted. We are obligedto accept PayPal, but prefer bank transfers, or UK or French checks - PayPaltakes a 4% bite out of all transactions - including shipping costs.Please feel free to contact us for grouped rates, andcommissioned, or guided buying in France - including partial or completecontainers, with related services. For period furniture (which we also collect, buy & sell) & other bulk shipping from France to Western Europe &the UK, we can arrange low-cost transport (depending on destination) via bonded& insured shippers.My partner is an expatriate American historian of DecorativeArts, a published antiques editor & writer, guest curator, certifiedappraiser, & internationally respected authority in early glass, lighting, metalwork, sculpture, period furniture & other categories. He has placedpieces with French & US museums, including the Smithsonian, & assistsme with acquisitions, research & texts. You can buy from me, withconfidence in your purchases. We are private, academic collectors, looking todefray the costs of advancing with our own collections. R. Josef is the only EuropeanDecorative Arts specialist for the NewEngland Appraisers Association actuallyresiding in the European Union, and is available for expertise or arbitration(including eBay &/or PayPal disputes). Our contact information is availablefrom the NEAA – or see myprofessional contact details, as provided beneath eBay UK listings.
ET BurdettDear buyers – apologies for the intrusive copyrightlines, but they are there because R. Josef is a published author &journalist with extensive senior editorial experience, & a guest curator, with ongoing academic & commercial writing commissions, including 2forthcoming books. Our listings often contain original research & informationthat has not appeared before; we have reported several British &Continental eBay sellers for plagiarizing our formatting & texts. Their accounts were canceled – we fiercely protect our Intellectual Property rights – andin court, when necessary.
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and our Intellectual Properties attorneys in Leeds & Paris. Please read all my terms ofsale carefully!Elly Burdett This is in France.Other pieces are forcomparison (not for sale).You are only buying thecandle mold.
Je suis CharlieEn memoriam à noscollègues les artistes, journalistes et rédacteurs ; 7 janvier 2015 Nous sommes ParisiensEn memoriam ; 13novembre 2015 If theremaining colors and graphics on this very rare candle mold look familiar toAmericans, it’s because they are similar to those used by Shaker agent A.J. White, in his 1885 to 1887 almanacs.Few people are aware that the Shakers began filling major orders of herbs, extract & preparations to London & Paris, at least as early as 1850 –by the 1880’s, Shaker “fancy” goods & other Shaker commercial productswere sold extensively in France. At the end of WWI, the Mt. Lebanon ShakerCommunity sent entire relief containers of Shaker goods to both France andBelgium, partly due to their commercial relationship with a French pharmacist (executedby Germans in 1916) and his Belgian son-in-law.I veryactively collect Shaker-related material, as to their international medicinalcommerce - I own the largest collection outside the US – my book on the subjectwill be coming out in the next year. If not for the stenciling, I would havedated this sheet iron candle mold as probably being 50 years earlier, butgraphics design in the 19th century evolved rapidly – the combinationof typography, design & color are pretty specific to the mid to late 1880’s.Sadly, this has been overly-cleaned along the soldered seams, which has effacedmuch of the stenciling – quite a bit is still visible, but not enough for meto make sense of.I’ve been living in France for 25+years, and have seen at least 8 stamped Mt. Lebanon Shaker chairs, but don’t recallever seeing a candle mold of this type, regardless of origin. It might wellbe French, and from a company that was only in existence for a brief time –I only mention the Shakers, due to the graphics. It turned up very locally, less than 20 miles from my house – but so has a stamped number # 7 Mt. Lebanonrocker, with its original tape seat & back.Condition – strictlyas described and as-seen, but intact, with no repairs or replacements – theedges of the base are very slightly bent. If not for the paint, I would havewiped this down with diluted linseed oil, but don’t want to take a chance on damagingthe surface of a rare survivor, regardless of its origin. Photos are high resolution – increasethe magnification to view details.© R.Josef Burdett-Williamson Certified expert & appraiser, New EnglandAppraisers Association.Founding Trustee, New BedfordMuseum of Glass.Height – 27.3 cm. (10& 3/4”): base – 17.8 cm. (7”)by 8.3 cm. (3 & 1/4”). Weight– 300 grams, not including packaging.Insured mailing within France is 9 Euros; to the UK & EU is 15 Euros– to North America is 28Euros.We don't charge for packing & handling, & always offer grouped rate posting, with no time limits.We ship from both France & the UK– please read listings carefully – rates& conditions are substantially different. Important!We usually mailwithin 5 to 7 working days from clearance of payment, but dorequest that buyers be understanding of delays due to illness, severe weather, or computer problems: we are strictly a familybusiness!Buyers leaving less than5-star feedback (no longer invisible) will be permanently black-listed. This is not a"decorator" shop - eBay’s “Hassle-free returns” does not applyto arbitrary whim!Returns accepted - if: there is a major problem with the age, condition ororigin of a piece as described; and this is confirmed by aqualified expert with professional credentials.We require photographsof any alleged damage - they are mandatory for insurance claims. What you pay for shippingis our actual cost – despite lowered fuel costs, international shipping is stupidlyexpensive - we have absolutely no control over rates – and even so, lose 4% to PayPal, and often absorb extra costs, such as double-boxing.International buyers – please inquire, as to mailing costs!Note:Our independent certifications withthe New England Appraisers Association (in both France & England) expedite Customsclearances, and prevent duties being incorrectly imposed on antiques conformingto the 100 years legal dateline, thus saving buyers 10% to 43% in relevant countries. From France, the postalsystem is fast, efficient, flexible, & based on weight; rates haverecently changed, but generally remain less than those of the UK, for smallerparcels. Up to 2 kilos to NorthAmerica costs 36 Euros; up to 5 kilos to North America costs 53 Euros;up to 10 kilos is 100 Euros, & 20 kilos is 160 Euros – plus 1 Euro per 150 Euros insurancecoverage, to a maximum of 1, 500 Euros. Buyers can lower costs on grouped purchases, depending on thesize of the parcel, & insurance coverage - several pieces in one parcelare usually less expensive, as to per-item shipping cost – but do ask first!From the UK - Royal Mail can only be used for internationalparcels under 2kilos; measuring less than 90 centimeters total, and with a maximum insurance value of £200 (a recent, &exceedingly dumb decision): FedEx shipping is largelyvolumetric – the cost of sending a 5-kilo parcel is only marginally higher than1 or 2 kilos – 5 kilos toNorth America can be as little as £50 - versus £28 to £32 for 1 kilo – depending on the size of the parcel, & insurance coverage. Buyers can usually lower shippingcosts on grouped purchases – but again, please ask first. Payments:PayPal, French or UK checks, or bank drafts, & all banktransfers accepted. We are obligedto accept PayPal, but prefer bank transfers, or UK or French checks - PayPaltakes a 4% bite out of all transactions - including shipping costs.Please feel free to contact us for grouped rates, andcommissioned, or guided buying in France - including partial or completecontainers, with related services. For period furniture (which we also collect, buy & sell) & other bulk shipping from France to Western Europe &the UK, we can arrange low-cost transport (depending on destination) via bonded& insured shippers.My partner is an expatriate American historian of DecorativeArts, a published antiques editor & writer, guest curator, certifiedappraiser, & internationally respected authority in early glass, lighting, metalwork, sculpture, period furniture & other categories. He has placedpieces with French & US museums, including the Smithsonian, & assistsme with acquisitions, research & texts. You can buy from me, withconfidence in your purchases. We are private, academic collectors, looking todefray the costs of advancing with our own collections. R. Josef is the only EuropeanDecorative Arts specialist for the NewEngland Appraisers Association actuallyresiding in the European Union, and is available for expertise or arbitration(including eBay &/or PayPal disputes). Our contact information is availablefrom the NEAA – or see myprofessional contact details, as provided beneath eBay UK listings.
ET BurdettDear buyers – apologies for the intrusive copyrightlines, but they are there because R. Josef is a published author &journalist with extensive senior editorial experience, & a guest curator, with ongoing academic & commercial writing commissions, including 2forthcoming books. Our listings often contain original research & informationthat has not appeared before; we have reported several British &Continental eBay sellers for plagiarizing our formatting & texts. Their accounts were canceled – we fiercely protect our Intellectual Property rights – andin court, when necessary.
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