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This unique handmade candleholder is for tea lights designed to turn any 1 quart mason jar into a beautiful lantern. Use these to line a walkway, or as a center piece� let your imagination run wild! Use with citronella tea lights to naturally ward off mosquitoes.

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This unique handmade candleholder is for tea lights designed to turn any 1/2 quart mason jar into a beautiful lantern. Use these to line a walkway, or as a center piece� let your imagination run wild! Use with citronella tea lights to naturally ward off mosquitoes.

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This unique handmade candleholder is for tea lights designed to turn any 1 pint mason jar into a beautiful lantern. Use these to line a walkway, or as a center piece� let your imagination run wild! Use with citronella tea lights to naturally ward off mosquitoes.

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The everyman sconce is a reproduction of a standard design used by several different Tinsmiths in the late 1800's. Several of these candleholders would be spread out around a room to light a tavern or a workman's home.

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After finishing the round edge of this chamberstick with a burring tool, the edge is swedged by hand in order to raise the tin. The raised edge prevents any dripping wax from spilling over the side.

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This candleholder is a reproduction of a novel idea. The pattern for making a large tin scoop is used to form all of the tin pieces. However, the handle is soldered to the side of the scoop -- not the bottom -- and a candle cup is soldered on the interior. This creates a portable candleholder that reflects the light and protects your hand from its flame.

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This a classic style of sconce. The top is derived from the French fleur-de-lis. The curved top deflects the heat from the candle, allowing is it to be placed closer to the ceiling. When one discovers the multitude of designs of tin sconces, one might conclude that no two tinsmiths made identical sconces. The designs ranged from the very simple with just a rectangular piece of tin ton the very complex with leaves and mirrored glass. Typically, tin sconces were used in taverns, churches and meeting halls -- anyplace where diffused lighting was needed. Today, they make great accents to rooms containing antique furniture. They are particularly useful for decorating hallways and stairways or displaying in pairs on either side of a fire place.

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A sconce of our own design.This sconce features a flat clean back with a scalloped top. When combined with a bobeche which is mounted on scrolled arm, a refined look is achieved.
All Dimensions are approximate,
14in x 4in x 4in

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This unique lamp is a prime example of the tinsmith making an item to fill a customers need. A large D-shaped reservoir supports two burners located at the edges. The lamp hangs from a twisted wire.

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When glass became available to the village tinsmith, lanterns took on a more cubic shape. This design would give off more light, but would cost the village tinsmith more in time and material. A hinged door on the side of the lamp allows access to the candle, while holes at the top and bottom of the lantern allow the candle to burn while the door is shut.
All Dimensions are approximate,
15in x 8in x 8in
Dimensions include the wire guards

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