Candle Box
code: LVSAV1992.039
Collection code:
LVSAV1992.039
Collection:
Description
Empty blue cardboard box with full colour engraving of two children casting shadows by candle light on label "12
Broxburn paraffin self-fitting candles manufactured by the Broxburn Oil Company, Glasgow and London", c. 1920
Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company and the Broxburn Oil Company were the only two Scottish shale oil companies to produce candles in significant quantities, and Young's and Broxburn brand candles both continued to be sold into the 1940's. Candles were manufactured at Broxburn from c.1978 until c. 1958