300 F is a tolerance, not a candle approval.
A 300 F ceiling was read as candle safe
It is what the container tolerates. Only a manufacturer makes a candle suitability claim and we publish none.
And a 120 F container was used anyway
146 of the 208 containers here, and 123 of the 208 are PET single wall jars. A candle glass runs far above 120 F.
Duration was ignored
A rating is not a statement about being held at that temperature for hours, and a candle burns for hours.
And gradient was ignored
A candle heats a narrow band of wall above the melt pool, which is a local stress rather than a uniform temperature.
Thermal shock was ignored too
Which is a rate problem. A hot container meeting cold water fails on rate rather than on its rated range.
The separate candle group was not found
Candles and home fragrance is its own group with its own shelf and its own archetype. This group's candle leaf resolves to store-humidity instead.
Glass was assumed to equal a high rating
There are 30 glass containers and 33 rated to 300 F, and they are not the same set. Material and rating are separate fields.
And the rating was assumed to be about the contents
It is about the wall. A container rated to 300 F does not make its contents less flammable.
The flashpoint bands were set against it
20, 100 and 150 degrees F against ceilings of 120, 190 and 300. Same units, different measurements, no relationship.
Which is the error this property exists to name
And it is easy to make, because the numbers are close enough to look comparable.
The liner was skipped for three of the four leaves
51 of 263 closures have no liner or no record, on a shelf whose archetype is named for humidity.
And no striker was found for the match leaf
A match container without a striking surface is half an article and nothing in this catalog provides one.
Ask the manufacturer, for anything near a flame
Which is the only route to a real claim, and the rating is only a way of ruling things out.
References
The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. A temperature range is published on all 208 containers in this group and takes three values: -40 to 120 F on 146 containers, -100 to 300 F on 33, and -100 to 190 F on 29. A container temperature rating describes what the container tolerates. It is not a flashpoint, it is not a flammability statement, and it has no bearing on whether contents will ignite.
The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 123 of the 208 containers in this group are PET single wall jars and 146 of the 208 have a temperature ceiling of 120 F. A candle heats its own container from the inside, at the wick and along the wall above the melt pool. The 33 containers rated to 300 F and the 30 glass containers are the ones with any thermal headroom. The candles and home fragrance group is a separate group with its own shelf; this group's candle emergency leaf resolves to the store-humidity archetype instead.
The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 471 rows: 208 containers and 263 closures. 30 to 950 mL with a median of 237. 175 jars and 33 bottles, with no tubs, pails or tins. 123 PET single wall jars, 18 glass straight sided jars, 14 HDPE single wall jars, 7 glass mason and paragon jars, 6 HDPE packer bottles, 5 each of PET packer bottles and glass boston rounds, 4 plastic spice bottles. 80 clear, 36 white, 35 amber, 17 black, 17 blue, 11 green, 7 natural, 3 frosted, 2 dark amber. Necks: 72 at 89-400, 42 at 70-400, 29 at 58-400, 18 at 53-400, 6 at 48-400, 5 each at 38MM, 63-400 and 70-450G. Closures: 179 continuous thread polypropylene lids, 42 metal or aluminum CT caps, 22 dome lids, 9 sealing discs, 5 phenolic, 2 metal overshell lids, 2 dairy lids, 1 tamper evident lid, 1 plug seal lid. Liners: 67 heat induction seal, 44 F217, 32 pressure sensitive, 28 No Liner, 23 PE foam, 23 unrecorded, 23 Plastis standard, 15 foam, 5 polycone. Buyability, a snapshot: 131 of 208 available, 77 not; 77 quote only; 51 full case only, with case packs from 12 to 6,370 and a median of 245.
