{"product_id":"fable-candles-the-summer-fruit-bowl-candle-set","title":"Fable Candles: The Summer Fruit Bowl Candle Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who's ever stood too long in front of a still life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlush or White Grape · Five pieces · Never goes off\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI spent my childhood trailing my mum through historic homes, manor houses and castles. History was her passion, and art was the other: she left little drawings everywhere, an apple and a pair of glasses in the margins of every address book and notebook. We always found our way to the still lifes, a heaped bowl of fruit stopped by the painter at its ripest, forever. A tablescape so full of symbolism you could almost taste it. This is that idea brought to life. There are five fruits in one colour, at sizes that don't quite add up: a raspberry as big as a lychee, a banana in blush, a strawberry in buttercream. It's a painting you can rearrange, and light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFooling the birds. The ancient Greek painter Zeuxis is said to have painted grapes so real that birds flew down to peck at them. We're aiming for the same effect on dinner guests. Quick fact, we know at least one Apple Candle has been bitten! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed for stillness. \"Still life\" comes from the Dutch stilleven, from the 17th-century golden age when painters made fruit bowls the height of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead between the fruit. Those still life painters were rather racy in their day, they hid meanings in every bowl: love, temptation, sometimes the juiciest scandal. Those in the know, knew. Now you do too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colourways\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlush: a soft, dusty pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite Grape: the palest of yellow greens, softer in person than on screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's in it, and what isn't\u003cbr\u003eNZ beeswax and soy, coloured with German-made candle dye, with a cotton wick. That's the whole list: no fillers, no nasties. No fragrance either. Not \"natural fragrance\", not a \"botanical blend\". None. Just a warm. natural honey scent from the beeswax. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it for\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA housewarming. A fruit bowl they'll never have to empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA host. The centrepiece that does the styling for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who's let a fruit bowl go off. We've all been there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive candles: banana, lychee, raspberry, quince and strawberry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach about 7 cm across, 107–121 g, 572 g in total\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBanana: approx. 7 hours (two wicks). Lychee, raspberry and quince: approx. 14 hours each. Strawberry: approx. 13 hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-poured and finished in Auckland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArrives together in one box\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Candles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52993800995032,"sku":"180744","price":219.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0161\/2974\/files\/FC-Blossom.jpg?v=1794543752","url":"https:\/\/www.worldbrand.co.nz\/products\/fable-candles-the-summer-fruit-bowl-candle-set","provider":"WORLD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}