Patent issued to Andrew Paton Charles, of the firm Paton and Charles, manufacturers of soap and candles of High Street, Wapping Patent No.3236, 1862, issued to Andrew Paton Charles of the firm Paton and Charles. For invention for 'improvements in candles and nightlights and in the lamps or apparatus for burning the same'. Parchment, two sheets of vellum with an attached large wax seal contained within a lacquered brass circular tin, the patent is stored within its original wooden case. The case is covered in green leather with the patent office coat of arms in gold in the centre. 1862