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Column Dinner Candles


St Eval Candles - 23cm x 3.8cm (9" x 1½") Classic Church Candles
These candles have been handmade in Cornwall by the St Eval Candle Co for well over 20 years. Using traditional candle-making techniques St Eval produce candles with a unique and elegant marbling effect. Superior burning qualities are achieved by the use of wax which is a composite of vegetable and mineral products and cotton wicks which ensuring a long even burn. ..
£4.45
Pack of 8 x 24cm Yellow Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") yellow classic dinner candles made from 100% stearin wax, which have been over dipped with a yellow paraffin based finishing wax. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. These yellow dining candles are also available for purchase individually. Stearin wax helps the candle to produce the min..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm White Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight quality 24cm (10") white classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin candles.  The white candles are over dipped with a decorative white paraffin wax. Alternatively, if you don not need 8, these candles can also be purchased individually. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle h..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Sand Brown Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") sand brown classic dinner candles, made from white 100% stearin wax candles. These white stearin candles are then over dipped with a sand brown paraffin based finishing wax. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Stearin wax helps the candle to produce the minimum of soot or smoke whi..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Ruby Red Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") ruby red classic dining candles made from white, 100% stearin, candles which are over dipped with a ruby red coloured paraffin finishing wax. These 24cm stearin dinner candles are also available in a range of other colours. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Stearin wax ..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Rose Pink Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") pink classic dining candles made from white 100% stearin wax candles. These candles are finished by over dipping the quality white stearin candles with a pink paraffin based finishing wax. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Stearin wax helps the candle to produce the minimum of so..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Purple Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") purple classic dining candles made from 100% stearin wax candles. These candles are then finished by over dipping the white base candle with a purple paraffin finishing wax. We also have these purple candles available to purchase individually. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Stearin wax ..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Orange Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") orange classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin wax candles. The stearin wax candles are finished by over dipping with an orange colour paraffin wax. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. These 24cm candles are available in a number of other colours. Stearin wax helps the candle ..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Light Blue Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") light blue classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin wax candles. These candles are then over dipped with a light blue decorative paraffin finishing wax. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. If you require fewer than eight candles, we have these light blue candles availabl..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Kiwi / Lime Green Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") kiwi / lime green classic dining candles made from white 100% stearin wax candles. These white stearin candles are then dipped with a decorative kiwi / lime green paraffin finishing wax. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Stearin wax helps the candle to produce the minimum of..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Ivory Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight quality 24cm (10") ivory classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin candles.  The white candles are over dipped with an decorative ivory paraffin wax. Alternatively, if you don not need 8, these candles can also be purchased individually. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Stea..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Grey Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight quality 24cm (10") grey classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin candles. These white candles are over dipped with a decorative grey paraffin wax. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Stearin wax helps the candle to produce the minimum of soot or smoke whilst they are burning. Also, stearin w..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Dark Green Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight quality 24cm (10") dark green classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin candles. The stearin candles are over dipped with a decorative dark green paraffin wax. For you do not need eight candles, these 24cm green candles are available individually. The base of these Bottle Green candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Dark Blue Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight quality 24cm (10") dark blue classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin candles. The stearin candles are over dipped with a decorative dark blue paraffin wax. For you do not need eight candles, these 24cm blue candles are available individually. The base of these Royal blue candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. S..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Cerise Pink Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight quality 24cm (10") cerise pink classic dining candles made from 100% white stearin candles. These white stearin candles,are over dipped with a decorative cerise pink paraffin finishing wax. If you do not need a pack of 8, these hot pink candles are available to purchase individually. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Burgundy Wine Red Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight quality 24cm (10") burgundy wine red classic dining candles made by over dipping a white 100% stearin candle with a decorative burgundy coloured paraffin wax finish. These 24cm stearin candles are available in a range of other colours.  Alternatively, if you only want to try one or two of these stearin candles, you can also purchase them individually. The base of thes..
£8.40
Pack of 8 x 24cm Black Stearin Classic Dinner Candles
A pack of eight 24cm (10") black classic dining candles made by over dipping white 100% stearin wax candles. The quality white stearin candles are over dipped with a black paraffin wax to produce the black decorative finish. The base of these candles is formed into a special ribbed foot to ensure an easy fit in your candle holder. Should you only need a one or two of t..
£8.40
Broste Candles - 29cm x 2.6cm White Column Dinner Candles
Elegant modern candles, these white dinner candles are perfect as dinner table candles, made by Broste Candles of Copenhagen. These unscented white column dining candles are solid colour and measure approximately 28.5cm tall. The candle diameter is 2.6cm or 1 inch, however, the base of these candles is formed in a taper to fit standard candle holders - see the secondary p..
£2.50
Broste Candles - 29cm x 2.6cm Walnut Column Dinner Candles
Elegant modern candles, these walnut, brown dinner candles are perfect as dinner table candles, made by Broste Candles of Copenhagen. These unscented walnut column dining candles are solid colour and measure approximately 28.5cm tall. The candle diameter is 2.6cm or 1 inch, however, the base of these candles is formed in a taper to fit standard candle holders - see the se..
£2.50
Broste Candles - 29cm x 2.6cm Terracotta Column Dinner Candles
Elegant modern candles, these terracotta, brown dinner candles are perfect as dinner table candles, made by Broste Candles of Copenhagen. These unscented terracotta column dining candles are solid colour and measure approximately 28.5cm tall. The candle diameter is 2.6cm or 1 inch, however, the base of these candles is formed in a taper to fit standard candle holders - se..
£2.50
Broste Candles - 29cm x 2.6cm Rainy Day / Grey Column Dinner Candles
Elegant modern candles, these rainy day, grey dinner candles are perfect as dinner table candles, made by Broste Candles of Copenhagen. These unscented grey column dining candles are solid colour and measure approximately 28.5cm tall. The candle diameter is 2.6cm or 1 inch, however, the base of these candles is formed in a taper to fit standard candle holders - see the se..
£2.70
Broste Candles - 29cm x 2.6cm Moonlight Haze Column Dinner Candles
Elegant modern candles, these moonlight haze, ivory dinner candles are perfect as dinner table candles, made by Broste Candles of Copenhagen. These unscented Ivory column dining candles are solid colour and measure approximately 28.5cm tall. The candle diameter is 2.6cm or 1 inch, however, the base of these candles is formed in a taper to fit standard candle holders - see..
£2.70
Elegant modern candles, these mocca, brown dinner candles are perfect as dinner table candles, made by Broste Candles of Copenhagen. These unscented mocca column dining candles are solid colour and measure approximately 28.5cm tall. The candle diameter is 2.6cm or 1 inch, however, the base of these candles is formed in a taper to fit standard candle holders - see the seco..
£2.70
Broste Candles - 29cm x 2.6cm Linen Column Dinner Candles
Elegant modern candles, these linen, brown dinner candles are perfect as dinner table candles, made by Broste Candles of Copenhagen. These unscented linen column dining candles are solid colour and measure approximately 28.5cm tall. The candle diameter is 2.6cm or 1 inch, however, the base of these candles is formed in a taper to fit standard candle holders - see the seco..
£2.70

The column candle, is one of the most traditional candle shapes.  For hundreds of years, homes, places of worship, and other public places have been lit with the column candle.  Originally, column candles have been made by pouring molten beeswax down a suspended wick.  The beeswax cooling and forming the candle shape as is drips down the wick back into the wax melting pot.

Whilst the wax was still warm, the candle maker would roll the candle until a perfectly round column candle was formed.  As you can imagine, this was a time consuming process, and not effective for mass production, so, during the industrial revolution, when the demand for lighting increased due to extended formalised working hours, techniques were developed to improve productivity.

One technique developed was the manufacture of the drawn candle.  Drawn candles are made by repeatedly pulling a long wick through a bath of hot molten wax.  After the last coating of wax, the formed candle length is passed through a sizing die to ensure a constant diameter is achieved.

To maximise production, between each of the ‘draws’, the wick and forming candle is stored on rotating drums.  After the final diameter has been formed, the long candle is unwound and individual candles are cut to length.  This is why you may find a gentle curve along the length of traditionally drawn candles.

As automation techniques advanced, so the process of moulding dinner candles became cost effective for mass production.  To mould column dinner candles, wax is poured into a straight mould, with a wick positioned through the middle of the mould.  As the wax cools, it shrinks in the mould allowing the cooled column candle to be easily removed.

At thecandleselection.co.uk, we offer a selection of both traditionally drawn and moulded column dinner candles in a range of colours and lengths.  From this selection, we are sure that you will find candles to suit your home décor or the theme of your event, be it a wedding, a banquet, dinner party, celebration or awards evening.