Vintage Bell Candle

Name: Vintage Bell Candle
Brand: Vaarsa London
SKU: CD-BELL
Price: 30.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Handmade in the Indian subcontinent
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A scented soy candle inside a hand-beaten brass and bronze bell, made in Uttarakhand. The vessel takes the shape of the temple bells that hang at the entrance to a Himalayan courtyard or a roadside shrine, the kind you reach up and ring on the way in.

The bell is forged by smiths from the Lohar community and candle is hand-poured by a small candlemaker in the foothills of Himalayas. Each finish is one of a kind.

Available in assorted fragrances, one scent chosen for you. When the wax is finished, the bell stays: refill it with a tea light, keep small things in it, or leave it on a shelf.

Bulk orders for weddings, events and corporate gifting on request.

Size and material

Vessel: hand-beaten brass, bronze, and copper alloy

Vessel size: two inches height, two and a half inches diameter
Total height with lid: three and a half inches
Weight: 280 gms
Wax: hand-poured natural soy wax, assorted Himalayan fragrances

Refillable. Handcrafted in Uttarakhand. Variation in patina is natural.

Care

Trim the wick to five mm before each lighting. Burn on a heat-safe surface. Allow a full melt pool on first burn to minimise tunnelling. Do not burn for more than three hours at a time. Never leave unattended. Once the wax is finished, wipe the brass vessel with a soft cloth and refill with a tealight, or repurpose as a small jar.

The maker

We found her by accident. A candlemaker in Uttarakhand, running a small home business while caring for her mother through illness. She makes all sorts of candles you can imagine, and this one is poured into bells, her business partner and another woman entrepreneur, sourced from Lohar smiths down the road, the same community that has been forging temple and household bells in those hills for generations.

The bells are hand-beaten from copper, bronze, and brass, then left to take on their own patina from heat and air. No two finishes match. The wax is poured slowly, in small batches, with fragrances chosen to settle into a room rather than fill it.