In medieval Britain, a chandler was a person who made what items?

The term is not obsolete! A supplier of marine items including ropes and sails etc is a ship’s Chandler.

Daedalus, my dear boy, a candlestick is not a candle, and the person who makes candlesticks is most likely a TURNER, a highly-skilled craftsman.

A vital profession in the days before electricity was "harnassed" for our use!

Stephanie.S., the chandler's shops I know still smell of paraffin and then smell takes me back to my childhood

Chandlers still make candles in the old fashioned way, as well as those more mass produced.

Daedalus, try the library.