Antique Votive Candle Mold..?

I bought this cast iron "Votive Candle Mold" because I thought it looked neat and I assumed it was used to snuff out candles in hard-to-reach places. After I got it home, I tried looking online for what it is exactly, what it was used for, and timeframe it was used but I can't find a darn thing about it or even anything that looks like it, so I figured I would reach out to you online experts to get some insights, please. Can anyone tell me what exactly a "votive candle mold" is, what it would have been used for and when it would have been used? Thank You.

 

Not sure how that would work as either a mold or a candle snuffer. Would/could you post a photograph of the tag?

Debora

 

I thought it was a candle snuffer until I saw the end is solid not hollow like snuffers usually are.

I'm finding several similar items to yours:

1. Round Timbale Iron: a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales. [1890–95]

http://omeka.flo.org/fsu/s/vintage-kitchen-tools/page/round-timbale-iron

2. Cauterising Iron

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cauterising_iron.jpg

Let's go with the first one cause the second one sounds awful.

 

@Doug Ketcher, does it say anything else on the little tag?

 

LOL! Thanks for the insights, Valley-Jewels!

 

Thanks Debora, the tag calls it a "Votive Candle Mold". Thanks!!

 

Indeed it does... It calls the piece a "Votive Candle Mold". Thanks!!

 

It doesn't even appear to be tin. Do you believe it to be?

Debora

 

Votive candle MOLD makes MUCH more sense!!

 

How would that work? Wouldn't it have to be hollow? I'm confused.

edit: oh, would it be pressed down on tin to shape it or something; is that what you mean?

 

The answer is here..... https://www.insider.com/tin-dipped-ornaments-made-140-year-old-molds-2022-12

 

THAT'S more like what I was thinking, yes!!

 

Wow! That's cool! Wish I could find one for candles like mine so I knew what timeframe mine came from... Thanks Hollyblue!!!

 

Ok, I understand how they use the cast iron mold to dip into tin to make the candle molds to make candles. Funny that I can't find another example of it on the internet...? Thanks Aquitaine!!

 

Hey TDC, can you tell me how you went about finding these? I assume you used an image search, which is what I did and found zilch...