Exclusively at Country Village!  1803 reed diffusers provide a wonderful scent and are easy and safe to use.

In her 27-year history of writing, Martha Moore Ballard recorded over nine thousand daily entries in her diary. She was a midwife, medical recorder, and candle maker in late 18-century America. Martha’s cryptic log of daily events included the making of tallow candles; often dozens every day. At the time, Martha’s candles provided light during the long winter nights of Maine. Today, they can brighten your home with the memory of a simple time and a woman whose care for others made her a hero to friends and family.

Each candle burns for 80-90 hours and is 100% soy, biodegradable and safe for the environment. Martha would probably recommend that you put your feet up today and enjoy the warm glow and unique scents of one of our best-selling 1803 candles.

Scent Descriptions:

Apple Dumplings: a harvest of apple dumplings with cinnamon and sugar – get at least one of these!

Banana Walnut Cake: the irresistible aroma of mom's walnut cake, with a hint of sweet bananas and spice. Just like anything made with love, this scent is a memory.  

Believe: red-hot cinnamon mixed with a strong belief in the magic of every occasion. You just strike a match and embrace the feeling.

Buttermilk Cupboard: creamy notes of Butter Brickle Cake with almond and vanilla. Close your eyes and envision an antique cupboard filled with treats.

Cider Mill: a refreshing blend of green apples, straight from the cider mill, mixed with spices and the crisp scent of a perfect fall day.

Cookies for St. Nick: (seasonal) this is the fastest way to get on the “Good” list with St. Nick.  This candle fills the room with the scent of snickerdoodle cookies - without the calories!

Cornbread and Honey: this year-round scent is a kitchen favorite. Hints of cornbread and honey set a welcoming tone for any room.

Country Village: ever notice how everyone wants to hang out in the kitchen when you’re baking? This signature-scented candle will have people checking the oven for fresh chocolate chip cookies. This candle is a top seller and personal favorite of Gina the owner.

Crab Apple Farm: how does a favorite room in your home become an apple orchard? This true green apple-scented candle is a pretty good start.

Cranberry Cupboard: cranberry and cinnamon have always been friends. Here they combine to create a wonderful story for the nose.

Farmhouse: there’s always one flavor of scented candle that you’re tempted to taste. With vanilla, caramel and chocolate notes, the Farmhouse Candle feels a bit like dessert.

Friendship: this is the candle you buy for a friend and then decide to keep. This top seller is a beautiful blend of spices and warm piecrust. Buy two so that you can actually give one away.

Grandma's Cupboard: she would step to the cupboard and get everything she needed for baking. The fresh oatmeal cookie aroma sets the scene for you. Ultra cute granny not included.

Grandpa's Trees: the pure smell of papa’s pine trees is a memory window. This light pine aroma is rich enough to make you feel the breeze on that lazy summer afternoon of childhood.

Grated Cinnamon: this popular and mysterious spice cinnamon was used in ancient Egypt, Rome and China. This candle inspires new baking ideas, calls to mind cinnamon sticks from the old general store, and launches the most interesting conversations.

Hearthside: imagine the comforting smell of a wood fire and the glow of familiar faces in the candle light. This scent turns everyone in the room into family.

Home Sweet Home: this distinctive scented candle puts vanilla bean, spices and plump juicy raisins under one roof. Perfect for a gathering room or den.   

Homestead Holiday: (seasonal) this is your horse-drawn sleigh ride along the river, with spruce, pine, and fir trees lining up to watch as you glide by.  

Lemon Drop Cookies: an enticing mix of sugar cookies and zesty lemon. This candle fills the room with homemade goodness!

Mistletoe Kisses: (seasonal) light this candle and watch the kissing start!

Christmas: this lightly pine-scented candle is your first step in decorating for the holidays in any room.   

Mom's Kitchen: creamy caramel meets a hint of spice. The beautiful result is a warm and welcoming aroma.

Northwoods Cabin: forest leaves and berries; the moist air after a rain. This candle mixes the scent of the earth and the trees, creating subtle mystery in any room. 

Olde Dough Bowl: some dough for baking, a cinnamon stick, clove and spicy rosehips for contrast … strike a match and enjoy the ambiance.   

Perfect Pumpkin: pumpkin and spice are seasonal favorites. This candle celebrates the harvest and the longer nights of winter.

Pine Needles and Berries: (seasonal) a medley of seasonal spices and aromas, including pine, cranberry, and orange.

Primitive Gathering: we gather for dozens of reasons; many of them unspoken. These sweet potato spices set the mood.

Primitive Spirit: rich, buttery vanilla and spicy cinnamon are sweet to the palette. They capture the spirit of a primitive home and call to deep mysteries.  

Pumpkin Cornbread: (seasonal) Nannies recipe book told us to add a pinch of honey to this perfect cornbread candle.

Pumpkin Hollow: (seasonal) the blend is rich pumpkin and cinnamon crunch. The effect is pure holiday and the gathering of friends and family.

Simply Autumn: (seasonal) you can follow the scent of cinnamon bread pudding through the house with this seasonal favorite. Light this candle as you begin to decorate for winter.

Sleigh Bells and Snowflakes: (seasonal) vanilla bean noel and peppermint spend the winter together. As always, there is the ringing of sleigh bells and the sound of laughter muted by the snow.  

Southern Welcome: in a welcome worthy of the south, the ladies make Marmalade Bundt Cake for newcomers. This marvelous and best-selling candle makes a great gift year round.

Spice Box: every kitchen is a place to prepare food. Somehow, your kitchen is much more.  Ground cinnamon, clove buds, nutmeg, and all spice make the Spice Box candle the perfect signature for the room of nourishment and nourishing conversations.

Sugar Cakes: Mama calls these powdered sugar cakes...a blend of smooth, creamy vanilla cakes.

Sweet Potato Biscuits: Perfect served with creamy butter.

This Old House: It is what it is from creaky floors to squeaky doors….cedar wood and vanilla.

Village Mercantile: All the things you find at the village mercantile….cinnamon maple crunch.

Weathered Crow: Everything primitive…chestnuts, brown sugar, cream and spice cake.

Winterberries: (seasonal) Bundles of winterberry branches are tucked into winter greens…the best of a spicy berry scent.

Winter Nights: (seasonal) Flannel sheets, woolens and a cozy chair by the fire, this is crème brulee at it's best!

Wood Stove Pie: A tin pan holds a flaky crust with creamy custard and spices…

Yuletide Cinnamon: (seasonal) Another best Christmas seller! Fresh boughs drape from the buttermilk cupboard….bakery cinnamon with a little pine.