{"title":"Candle Holders","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"antique-brass-chamberstick-candle-holder-with-floral-engravings-reno-nv-antiques","title":"Antique Brass Chamberstick Candle Holder with Floral Engravings – Reno, NV Antiques","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brass chamberstick with a gently sloped base, engraved with delicate floral patterns across the whole of that surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA petite thumb loop handle rises from the rim, shaped for carrying the light from room to room. The socket takes a tapered candle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brass has a warm golden tone under an authentic patina, with subtle oxidation across the engraved ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chamberstick dates to roughly the late nineteenth into the very early twentieth century, circa 1880 to 1910, which places it in the late Victorian to early Edwardian years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is unmarked, and the attribution rests on idiom and construction rather than a stamp. The quality of the brasswork and the engraved botanical patterning are typical of the period, and the origin is best given as likely English or American.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChambersticks of this form were made for bedside and household lighting before electric fixtures became commonplace. The thumb loop and low, broad base are practical features, meant to be carried in one hand and to catch wax.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eItem\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChamberstick candle holder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1880 to 1910, late Victorian to early Edwardian\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLikely English or American\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSloped base with thumb loop handle and candle socket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone recorded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEngraved floral patterning across the base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApproximately 5 to 6 inches in diameter, 3 to 4 inches high\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAuthentic patina with minor wear consistent with age\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt can be used as it was made to be used, with a tapered candle, or simply set out as a decorative object. Either way the patina and the engraving give it historical depth that a reproduction cannot supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe warm golden tone works on a mantel, a nightstand, a bookshelf, or a dining table, and the small footprint means it can sit in a vignette without dominating it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a dealer or designer it is a dependable piece of period brass, the sort of authentic accent that anchors a vintage inspired interior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43137273856105,"sku":"VE-0816","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/8F0B1C00-CD73-41BE-AEE3-18B5681CA689_1_105_c.jpg?v=1777539884"},{"product_id":"pair-of-vintage-royal-haeger-viridian-green-ceramic-double-candlestick-holders-c-1950s","title":"Pair of Vintage Royal Haeger Viridian Green Ceramic Double Candlestick Holders, c. 1950s","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1bcf42u\" data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"104\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"471\"\u003eA striking pair of \u003cstrong data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"184\"\u003evintage Royal Haeger ceramic double candlestick holders\u003c\/strong\u003e, made in \u003cstrong data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"214\"\u003eDundee, Illinois\u003c\/strong\u003e, circa \u003cstrong data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"231\"\u003e1950s\u003c\/strong\u003e. Finished in a deep glossy green glaze, these sculptural candle holders have exactly the kind of moody, collected presence that makes a table, mantel, or console feel like someone with taste lives there. A rare human achievement, honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"819\"\u003eEach holder features a sweeping organic form with curled scroll-like ends, ribbed leaf details, and flared square candle cups designed for taper candles. The glaze shifts beautifully depending on the light, reading as dark emerald, black-green, blue-green, and rich viridian. It is dramatic without being loud, which is apparently still possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"942\"\u003eThe original \u003cstrong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"867\"\u003eRoyal Haeger Dundee, Illinois\u003c\/strong\u003e foil labels remain present, adding maker attribution and collector appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1vshzo8\" data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"967\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"1283\"\u003eRoyal Haeger was the art pottery line of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1030\"\u003eHaeger Potteries\u003c\/strong\u003e, based in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1061\"\u003eDundee, Illinois\u003c\/strong\u003e. By the mid-20th century, Royal Haeger had become known for sculptural ceramic forms, expressive glazes, and decorative pieces that moved easily between traditional, Art Deco, Hollywood Regency, and mid-century interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1684\"\u003eThis pair reflects that transitional 1950s design language beautifully. The form feels organic and almost botanical, with curling leaf-like bases and fluid stems, while the glossy dark green glaze gives the pieces a refined, dramatic quality. They have the kind of shape that looks both vintage and current, because good design has the annoying habit of surviving every bad trend humans throw at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1686\" data-end=\"1919\"\u003eThe preserved foil labels are especially desirable, as many Royal Haeger pieces lost their stickers over time. These labels help confirm the maker and place the pair firmly within the decorative ceramic tradition of Dundee, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"4zmfa9\" data-start=\"2744\" data-end=\"2765\"\u003eProduct Attributes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"3785\" class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\"\u003e\n\u003cthead data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2790\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2790\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2779\" data-col-size=\"sm\" class=\"\"\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"2779\" data-end=\"2790\" data-col-size=\"xl\" class=\"\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-start=\"2801\" data-end=\"3785\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2801\" data-end=\"2854\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2801\" data-end=\"2808\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eItem\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2808\" data-end=\"2854\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003ePair of vintage double candlestick holders\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2855\" data-end=\"2879\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2855\" data-end=\"2863\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2863\" data-end=\"2879\"\u003eRoyal Haeger\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2880\" data-end=\"2909\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2880\" data-end=\"2889\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2889\" data-end=\"2909\"\u003eDundee, Illinois\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2910\" data-end=\"2942\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2910\" data-end=\"2927\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eEstimated Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2927\" data-end=\"2942\"\u003eCirca 1950s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"2972\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2943\" data-end=\"2954\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2954\" data-end=\"2972\"\u003eGlazed ceramic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2973\" data-end=\"3049\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2973\" data-end=\"2981\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"2981\" data-end=\"3049\"\u003eDeep viridian green, emerald, blue-green, black-green undertones\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3050\" data-end=\"3132\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3050\" data-end=\"3058\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3132\"\u003eMid-century, Hollywood Regency, organic modern, decorative art pottery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3133\" data-end=\"3208\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3133\" data-end=\"3140\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3140\" data-end=\"3208\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eDouble candlestick holder with sculptural leaf and scroll design\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3209\" data-end=\"3249\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3209\" data-end=\"3223\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eCandle Type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3223\" data-end=\"3249\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eStandard taper candles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3250\" data-end=\"3323\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3250\" data-end=\"3261\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMarkings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"3261\" data-end=\"3323\"\u003eOriginal Royal Haeger Dundee, Illinois foil labels present\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3324\" data-end=\"3358\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3324\" data-end=\"3335\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"3335\" data-end=\"3358\"\u003ePair of two holders\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3359\" data-end=\"3434\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3359\" data-end=\"3380\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eApprox. Dimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"3380\" data-end=\"3434\"\u003eAbout 8 in long x 5.5–6 in tall x 4–5 in deep each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3435\" data-end=\"3477\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3435\" data-end=\"3452\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eApprox. Weight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"3452\" data-end=\"3477\"\u003eAbout 1.5–2.5 lb each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3478\" data-end=\"3670\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3478\" data-end=\"3490\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3490\" data-end=\"3670\" data-col-size=\"xl\"\u003eVintage condition with age-appropriate surface wear. Light glaze variation, minor marks, and small signs of prior use may be present. No major visible damage noted from photos.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3757\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3682\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eBest Use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"3682\" data-end=\"3757\"\u003eDining table, mantel, console, sideboard, bookshelf, collected vignette\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"3758\" data-end=\"3785\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"3758\" data-end=\"3769\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eLocation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"xl\" data-start=\"3769\" data-end=\"3785\"\u003eReno, Nevada\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1gegj36\" data-start=\"3787\" data-end=\"3819\"\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3821\" data-end=\"4054\"\u003eThese Royal Haeger candle holders bring instant atmosphere. The deep green glaze feels rich, grounded, and quietly dramatic, making them perfect for interiors that lean collected, layered, and a little moody in the best possible way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4056\" data-end=\"4516\"\u003eThey are especially beautiful because they do not rely on ornament alone. The shape does the work. The curling leaf forms, raised ribbing, and sculptural stems give the pieces movement from every angle, while the glaze adds depth and shine. Styled with ivory tapers, they feel classic and romantic. Styled with black or oxblood candles, they become dramatic and editorial. Styled with no candles at all, they still hold their own as sculptural ceramic objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4518\" data-end=\"4825\"\u003ePlace them on a dining table for an intimate dinner setting, on a mantel beneath an antique mirror, or on a sideboard with framed art, brass, and vintage books. They also work beautifully in holiday styling without looking seasonal, which is the rare kind of decor intelligence we should all be clinging to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4827\" data-end=\"5016\"\u003eTheir original Royal Haeger labels give them more than just visual appeal. They carry a maker story, a mid-century American pottery connection, and a color that feels unmistakably Viridian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43209963667561,"sku":"VE-0911","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_0751.jpg?v=1778360503"},{"product_id":"vintage-pierced-brass-pillar-candle-holder","title":"Vintage Pierced Brass Pillar Candle Holder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA warm vintage brass pillar candle holder with an ornate pierced base, turned central column, and openwork floral detailing. Designed with a broad upper candle cup, this piece is suited for a small pillar candle, votive, or flameless candle and brings instant old-world warmth to a shelf, mantel, tablescape, or layered candle display.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe design features a decorative filigree-style base, rounded openwork bulb forms along the stem, and a pierced upper gallery that gives the piece a sculptural, almost lantern-like presence. Its aged brass finish adds depth and patina, making it feel collected rather than shiny and soulless, a rare mercy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign \u0026amp; Construction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis candle holder is made from brass or brass-toned metal with cast and turned components. The lower base and upper candle platform feature pierced scrollwork, while the stem includes rounded openwork sections and ringed turned details. The underside shows machine-turned circular marks and construction consistent with mid-to-late 20th century decorative brass export pieces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe form is substantial enough for tabletop display but still compact enough to style easily on a mantle, bookshelf, dining table, altar-style vignette, or bedside surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecorative brass candle holders like this were widely produced throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, especially in India and nearby export markets where brassware remained a strong decorative craft category. These pieces were made for Western home decor markets and often blended traditional pierced metalwork motifs with Hollywood Regency, bohemian, and global-inspired interiors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis example likely dates to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecirca 1970s–1990s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e period. Without a maker’s mark, country stamp, or original label, the exact origin should remain attributed as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elikely Indian or Middle Eastern-inspired export brass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, not guaranteed. Because lying confidently about brass is how antique booths become haunted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood vintage condition with visible patina, tarnish, surface scratching, oxidation, and residue from candle use. There is wax residue visible on the top candle cup. The pierced areas show darkening and age-related wear. Structure appears intact from the provided photos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"964.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInformation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage Pierced Brass Pillar Candle Holder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate \/ Era\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCirca 1970s–1990s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLikely Origin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLikely India or Middle Eastern-inspired export brass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBohemian, Hollywood Regency, global vintage, old-world brass decor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrass or brass-toned metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAged brass with warm patina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSingle pillar \/ votive candle holder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesign Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePierced openwork base, turned column, floral scroll cutouts, broad candle cup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandle Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmall pillar candle, votive candle, or flameless candle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarkings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo visible maker’s mark in provided photos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood vintage condition with tarnish, patina, scratches, oxidation, and wax residue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease measure before final listing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease weigh before final listing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest Use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMantel styling, dining table, bar cart, shelf decor, candle vignette, moody tablescape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228314108009,"sku":"VE-0988","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/FullSizeRender_41363c82-8d6c-4e34-bf78-0c0ed2c7efcd.jpg?v=1779012746"},{"product_id":"c-1910-antique-dutch-plate-silver-plated-scenic-trumpet-bud-vase","title":"C. 1910 Antique Dutch Plate Silver-Plated Scenic Trumpet Bud Vase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA striking antique Dutch Plate trumpet bud vase with a tall flared silhouette, hexagonal mouth, and richly embossed scenic decoration. The vase features raised Dutch village imagery, including small figural scenes, architectural details, scrollwork, and old-world decorative panels that wrap around the body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts narrow trumpet form gives it an elegant vertical profile, making it ideal for a single stem, dried floral, feather, or sculptural shelf styling. Dramatic enough to look important, small enough not to demand its own insurance policy. A rare mercy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign \u0026amp; Construction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece is made from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esilver-plated metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, marked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“DUTCH PLATE”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on the interior base. The exterior is decorated with repoussé-style raised scenes and ornamental scrollwork. The form has a hexagonal flared rim that tapers into a slender stem and rests on a matching hexagonal foot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe surface has a darkened aged patina with areas of plating wear, tarnish, oxidation, and rubbing to high points. These details are consistent with older plated decorative metalware. Because there is no visible sterling or purity mark, this should be listed as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esilver plate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, not sterling. Apparently accuracy is still legal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDutch scenic silver-plated wares became popular decorative export pieces during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often featuring romanticized imagery of village life, windmills, ships, taverns, domestic interiors, and traditional figures. These pieces were designed to evoke Dutch heritage and old European domestic charm, often for the Western decorative market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vase likely belongs to that tradition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDutch revival \/ scenic silverplate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where everyday forms such as vases, candlesticks, trays, and small tablewares were embellished with nostalgic figural scenes. The “Dutch Plate” mark appears on comparable scenic silver-plated vases and candlesticks, including examples with windmill, ship, and village motifs. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood antique \/ vintage condition with visible age-related wear. The vase shows tarnish, oxidation, plating wear, darkened patina, rubbing to raised details, and surface scratches. Interior shows age, discoloration, and the visible \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“DUTCH PLATE”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e mark. The rim appears slightly uneven from age and handling. No major cracks or breaks are visible in the provided photos, but the base and stem should be checked for stability before final listing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece brings moody old-world texture in a compact footprint. It works beautifully on a mantel, bookshelf, writing desk, bar cabinet, powder-room shelf, or layered antique vignette. The raised Dutch village scenes give it more narrative depth than a plain bud vase, because apparently even a single flower needed a tiny historical stage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle it with dried lavender, a single dark rose, a feather, or leave it empty as a sculptural object.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"964.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInformation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDutch Plate Scenic Trumpet Bud Vase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaker \/ Mark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarked “DUTCH PLATE”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate \/ Era\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCirca 1910s–1940s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDutch revival, old-world scenic silverplate, European decorative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSilver-plated metal over base metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAged silver-tone plate with dark patina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTall trumpet bud vase with hexagonal flared mouth and hexagonal foot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecoration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaised Dutch village scenes, figures, architectural details, scrollwork, and floral ornament\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarkings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterior marked “DUTCH PLATE”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease measure before final listing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease weigh before final listing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood antique \/ vintage condition with tarnish, oxidation, plating wear, scratches, rim irregularity, and patina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest Use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBud vase, dried floral display, mantel styling, shelf decor, old-world vignette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43228350382185,"sku":"VE-0992","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/FullSizeRender_b6898e83-3e2c-4a97-be8c-9d671cd92f47.jpg?v=1779016923"},{"product_id":"vintage-hand-forged-iron-candle-snuffer-with-calla-lily-cone-c-1930s-1950s","title":"Vintage Hand-Forged Iron Candle Snuffer with Calla Lily Cone, c. 1930s–1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage hand-forged iron candle snuffer with a sculptural calla lily-form cone, c. 1930s–1950s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstructed with a long blackened iron handle, looped hanging end, twisted decorative shaft detail, and copper-gold toned snuffer cup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe piece shows visible surface wear, oxidation, finish variation, and age-related patina throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis candle snuffer has a dramatic, elongated silhouette with a looped hanging handle and a flared cone designed to extinguish candle flames by covering the wick. The snuffer cup is shaped almost like a calla lily, giving the piece a more sculptural profile than a standard utilitarian candle tool.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe blackened iron handle appears hand-worked, with flattened bar construction, subtle hammering, and a twisted detail near the lower shaft. The cup has a warm copper-orange finish with gold-toned transition work at the neck, creating a layered, timeworn surface that feels decorative, collected, and old-world without being overly polished. Because apparently even putting out a candle once required drama, craftsmanship, and a little theatrical flair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"964.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandle snuffer \/ candle extinguisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEstimated Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec. 1930s–1950s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArts \u0026amp; Crafts Revival, Spanish Revival, Colonial Revival influence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIron or steel handle; sheet metal snuffer cup with copper\/gold-toned finish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlackened iron, copper-orange, red-brown, gold-toned accents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstruction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong forged-style handle with looped hanging end, twisted shaft detail, and cone-form snuffer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCalla lily \/ flared cone cup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFunction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsed to extinguish taper, pillar, or fireplace candles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarkings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo visible maker’s mark observed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage condition with patina, oxidation, surface wear, finish loss, discoloration, and age-related marks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecommended Use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecorative candle accessory, mantel styling, fireplace tool display, shelf styling, historical interior accent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore electric lighting became standard, candle snuffers were practical household tools used to extinguish candles without blowing wax, smoke, or embers across a room. Earlier examples were often made in brass, iron, silver plate, or steel, ranging from simple cone extinguishers to scissor-form wick trimmers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis example appears to belong to the decorative revival tradition of the early-to-mid 20th century, when hand-forged and wrought iron forms were widely used in interiors influenced by Spanish Revival, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and Arts \u0026amp; Crafts design. The looped handle, twisted shaft, and sculptural flower-like cone give it a deliberately old-world look, likely made as both a functional object and decorative accessory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition + Updates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece is in vintage condition with visible age and handling wear. The iron handle shows darkened patina, oxidation, rub marks, and surface irregularities consistent with forged or wrought-style metalwork. The snuffer cup shows copper-orange, red-brown, and gold-toned finish variation with areas of wear, speckling, discoloration, and surface loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe finish appears decorative and may have been applied or refreshed at some point in its life. No structural repairs are immediately visible from the photos, though the cup and neck area should be inspected closely before listing. Wear is consistent with age, use, and display.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis candle snuffer brings a rare sculptural quality to a functional object. The elongated handle, looped hook, and calla lily-form cup make it especially strong as a styling piece for a mantel, fireplace surround, candle display, library shelf, or collected tabletop vignette.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt works beautifully in interiors that lean old-world, romantic, Spanish Revival, English country, Gothic, Arts \u0026amp; Crafts, or layered traditional. Rather than feeling like a reproduction accessory pulled from a catalog, it has enough surface variation and hand-worked character to read as collected and intentional.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43239542816873,"sku":"VE-1010","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/FullSizeRender_85534fe5-9701-49ac-b142-b64c1837b404.jpg?v=1779518201"},{"product_id":"vintage-brass-pedestal-candle-holder-with-acanthus-base-c-1970s","title":"Vintage Brass Pedestal Candle Holder with Acanthus Base, c. 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage brass pedestal candle holder, c. 1970s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLow-profile circular form with a flat candle platform, flared center stem, and raised acanthus-style decoration around the base.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinished in warm gold-tone brass with visible surface scratches, light tarnish, and age-related patina.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vintage candle holder has a compact pedestal silhouette designed for a small pillar candle, votive, tea light in glass, or decorative object display. The top surface is broad and flat, giving it more versatility than a traditional taper holder, while the short raised stem gives the piece a subtle architectural quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe base features raised acanthus-inspired scrollwork, giving the piece a classical decorative influence while still reading clearly as 1970s brass tabletop décor. The underside has a felt pad, making it suitable for use on shelves, mantels, trays, or polished surfaces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrass décor became especially popular in the 1970s, when interiors leaned into warm metallic finishes, layered tabletop accessories, and classical revival details. Pieces like this were commonly used on mantels, dining tables, vanities, consoles, and bookcases, often styled with candles, glass, ceramics, or other small decorative objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe acanthus-style base gives the candle holder a traditional influence, while the low pedestal profile and shiny brass finish align with late-20th-century home décor. It reflects the era’s interest in mixing old-world motifs with accessible, decorative household objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition + Updates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is in vintage condition with wear consistent with age, handling, and use. The top surface shows visible fine scratches and light scuffing. The base has small dark speckling, tarnish, and oxidation within the raised decorative areas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe underside felt shows age-related discoloration and surface wear. No major dents, breaks, or structural damage are visible from the photos provided. The piece has not been aggressively polished, allowing the brass-tone finish and patina to remain intact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis candle holder brings just enough 1970s brass warmth without overwhelming a room. Its low, sculptural profile makes it easy to layer into a mantel arrangement, bedside vignette, bar cart, vanity tray, or collected bookshelf display.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt works especially well in interiors with traditional, Hollywood Regency, maximalist, English country, vintage modern, or eclectic styling. Use it with a small ivory pillar candle, a colored glass votive, or as a tiny pedestal for a collected object. Because sometimes a room does need a little brass moment, despite what minimalists have done to society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"1007.2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePedestal candle holder \/ candle stand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEstimated Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec. 1970s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1970s brass décor, traditional revival, classical-inspired\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrass or brass-plated metal; felt underside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGold-tone brass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLow round pedestal with flat circular top\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBase Design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaised acanthus-style scrollwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandle Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmall pillar candle, votive, tea light in glass, or decorative display object\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolished brass-tone finish with age-related patina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnderside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFelt-covered base\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarkings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo visible maker’s mark observed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage condition with surface scratches, light tarnish, oxidation, small dark speckling, and wear to underside felt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecommended Use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMantel styling, tabletop candle display, vanity tray, bookshelf styling, brass décor collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeasurements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3.25 W 3.25L 2.5H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e203.7g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43239612285033,"sku":"VE-1013","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/FullSizeRender_b00d635d-7e5c-4e29-83bc-548febefa18d.jpg?v=1779521829"},{"product_id":"untitled-may23_03-49-59","title":"Pair of Vintage Two-Tone Neoclassical Metal Candlesticks, c. 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePair of vintage two-tone metal candlesticks, c. 1970s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCast metal construction with a silver-tone body and remaining gold-tone accenting along the raised fluted details.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach candlestick features an urn-form candle cup, tapered reeded column, and rounded pedestal base with fan-like molded panels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese candlesticks have a decorative neoclassical revival silhouette, with fluted details and stepped circular forms that reference earlier European candlestick designs. The two-tone finish gives them a layered metallic look, combining a muted pewter-silver surface with warmer gold-tone accents in the grooves and raised trim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe surface shows visible finish wear, scratching, oxidation, and areas where the original gold-tone detail appears to have been worn down or polished through. The underside reveals rough cast metal construction, suggesting these were made as decorative vintage household pieces rather than fine silver, brass, or bronze. Charming, yes. Museum-grade, no. Let’s not insult the Smithsonian today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pair of vintage candlesticks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEra:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e c. 1970s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Neoclassical Revival \/ Hollywood Regency influence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Cast metal, likely zinc alloy \/ spelter \/ white metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinish:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Silver-tone body with gold-tone accenting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pewter silver, aged gold, darkened patina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForm:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Fluted urn candle cup, tapered column stem, circular pedestal base\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuantity:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Set of 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Taper candle holders, mantel styling, dining table decor, shelf styling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition + Updates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage condition with visible surface wear throughout. The finish shows scratches, oxidation, rubbing, darkened areas, and loss to the gold-tone accenting, especially along the raised details and base edges. The wear is consistent with age, use, and likely prior abrasive cleaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe candlesticks remain decorative and display well, with the worn finish adding an aged, old-world look. They have not been professionally restored or replated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese candlesticks work well in layered interiors where patina and material contrast matter more than perfection. Their two-tone finish pairs easily with antique brass, silver plate, marble, dark wood, painted furniture, and collected tabletop pieces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey would be especially strong styled on a dining table, mantel, console, bookshelf, or bedside chest. The 1970s neoclassical revival form gives them that collected, European-inspired look without needing to pretend they were pulled out of a French château by candlelight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"784.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eField\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDetails\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Name\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePair of Vintage Two-Tone Neoclassical Metal Candlesticks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEstimated Era\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec. 1970s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeoclassical Revival, Hollywood Regency influence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandlesticks \/ taper candle holders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuantity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet of 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCast metal, likely zinc alloy \/ spelter \/ white metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSilver-tone body with gold-tone accent details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColor Palette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePewter silver, aged gold, darkened patina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShape \/ Form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFluted urn candle cups, tapered reeded stems, circular pedestal bases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandle Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaper candles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarkings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo visible maker’s mark shown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage condition with surface scratches, oxidation, finish wear, and gold-tone loss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotable Wear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAreas appear polished through or cleaned abrasively; visible rubbing on bases and raised details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuggested Use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMantel, dining table, console, bookshelf, styled vignette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43239656194153,"sku":"VE-1016","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/FullSizeRender_90a8e36a-1dac-4cfb-b625-d6bcceb8944c.jpg?v=1779533509"},{"product_id":"vintage-italian-mirrored-wall-candle-sconce-c-1950s-1960s-federal-revival-wood-brass-candleholder","title":"Italian Mirrored Wall Candle Sconce, c. 1950s–1960s | Federal Revival Wood \u0026 Brass Candleholder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA vintage Italian mirrored wall candle sconce, c. 1950s-60s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStained wood frame with arched crest, narrow mirror back, projecting candle platform, and brass-tone candle cup with gallery rail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarked “Made in Italy” on the reverse mirror backing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis late mid-century wall sconce references earlier Georgian and Federal candle mirror forms, designed to place a taper candle in front of a mirrored back so the light reflects upward and outward. The arched wood frame, warm reddish-brown finish, and brass-tone hardware give the piece a traditional revival character, while the compact scale makes it easy to place in a hallway, powder room, bedroom, library, or layered gallery wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe front presents with a narrow mirrored glass panel, shaped wood surround, rounded candle shelf, central brass-tone candle socket, and curved protective gallery rail. The back shows the original wall-hanging construction and a visible “Made in Italy” mark, supporting its identification as Italian decorative export ware from the 1950s-60s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Wall mirror candle sconce \/ taper candleholder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Vintage, c. 1950s-60s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Italy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarking:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “Made in Italy” visible on reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Federal Revival, Georgian Revival, traditional Italian decorative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Stained wood, mirrored glass, brass-tone metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinish:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Warm reddish-brown wood finish with brass-tone hardware\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForm:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Arched wall mirror with projecting candle platform\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandle Type:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Standard taper candle or LED taper candle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Approx. 17 in H × 6 in W × 6 in D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Approx. 2 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition + Updates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood vintage condition with age-appropriate wear. The wood frame presents well with light surface marks, small scratches, finish variation, and minor rubbing consistent with age and use. The brass-tone candle cup and rail show natural patina and tarnish. The mirror is intact with visible age-related surface wear. The reverse shows original construction, mounting wear, adhesive residue, and the “Made in Italy” marking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis sconce brings old-world warmth into a space without demanding a full haunted manor commitment, which is generous of it. The mirrored back reflects candlelight beautifully, while the wood and brass-tone details add traditional depth to a wall, shelf vignette, entryway, powder room, or bedroom corner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt works especially well in collected interiors that mix antique, vintage, European, cottage, traditional, romantic, or moody design elements. Use it with an LED taper for easy ambient styling or a real taper candle when attended. Either way, it gives a room atmosphere, which is apparently still legal despite modern lighting trying its hardest to flatten everything into a dentist office.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"1316.8\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eField\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMirrored wall candle sconce \/ taper candleholder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec. 1950s-60s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItaly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Made in Italy” on reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFederal Revival, Georgian Revival, traditional Italian decorative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterials\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStained wood, mirrored glass, brass-tone metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWarm reddish-brown wood finish with brass-tone hardware\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShape \/ Form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArched wall mirror with projecting candle shelf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandle Holder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSingle brass-tone taper candle cup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRail Detail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurved brass-tone gallery rail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMounting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWall-hanging form with rear hanging hole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 17 in H × 6 in W × 6 in D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 2 lb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood vintage condition with light wood wear, surface marks, brass-tone patina, mirror wear, reverse-side mounting wear, and visible original construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecommended Use\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWall decor, hallway sconce, powder room accent, bedroom candleholder, library styling, gallery wall accent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248454434921,"sku":"VE-1038","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/E46EF939-93F0-4E3F-BA1B-0359290FC8A6.jpg?v=1779862666"},{"product_id":"1950s-gothic-revival-fleur-de-lis-cast-metal-wall-candle-sconce","title":"1950s Gothic Revival Fleur-de-Lis Cast Metal Wall Candle Sconce","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA large and substantial vintage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGothic Revival wall candle sconce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, dating to approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec. 1950s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with a dramatic openwork backplate, fleur-de-lis finial, and single projecting taper candle holder. Cast in heavy metal with a silvery aged finish, the piece has the presence of architectural salvage without needing to pretend it was ripped from a haunted French abbey. Tempting, but no.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe tall backplate features interlaced scrollwork, floral accents, and a strong fleur-de-lis crest at the top, giving it an old-world silhouette suited for French Revival, Gothic, Spanish Revival, chapel-inspired, or dark romantic interiors. The single candle cup projects outward from the lower portion with a small drip tray beneath, creating a sculptural wall accent even when not in use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12 inches tall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and notably heavy for its size, this piece has far more presence than lightweight decorative sconces, making it especially strong as a standalone wall accent, hallway piece, mantel-side detail, or part of a collected gallery wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis sconce likely dates to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1950s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a period when Gothic Revival, French Provincial, Spanish Revival, and old-world European-inspired decor were widely adapted for American interiors. Decorative cast metal wall sconces like this were often used to bring architectural character into homes, especially in dining rooms, entryways, studies, and formal living spaces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fleur-de-lis motif, long associated with French decorative arts and heraldic design, gives the piece its strongest visual identity. While the form references much older Gothic and ecclesiastical metalwork, this example is best understood as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emid-century decorative revival piece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, not an 1800s antique. Which is fine. Not everything needs to have survived a crusade to be interesting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"1312.2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAttribute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eType\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWall candle sconce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec. 1950s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGothic Revival \/ French Revival \/ Old World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnmarked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeavy cast metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesign\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpenwork backplate with fleur-de-lis finial, scrollwork, floral details, and single taper candle cup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox. 12 in. tall; 4 in. Wide, 2.5 in. Depth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeavy for size; approx. 2–4 lb depending on metal composition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandle Type\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStandard taper candle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColor \/ Finish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAged silver-gray metal finish with patina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage condition with age-related patina, oxidation, surface wear, and residue in the candle cup and drip tray. No obvious structural breaks visible in photos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnmarked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis sconce has the kind of dramatic, architectural presence that instantly makes a wall feel intentional. The openwork cast metal frame gives it visual weight without feeling solid or bulky, while the fleur-de-lis crest adds that French Gothic romance people keep trying to buy from mass-produced decor, with varying degrees of emotional success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt would be striking placed in an entryway, hallway, study, dining room, powder room, or bedroom. Styled with taper candles, antique mirrors, oil paintings, dark wood, linen, stone, or aged brass, it brings depth and atmosphere without requiring a full medieval personality overhaul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts larger size and heavier construction make it especially appealing for collectors of vintage wall sconces, Gothic Revival decor, French country accents, or old-world architectural pieces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47668979171433,"sku":"VE-1087","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/E96BE7F3-446A-4F2F-9FBE-3A1D6209B701.jpg?v=1780561590"},{"product_id":"gilt-rococo-scroll-double-candleholder-c-early-to-mid-20th-century","title":"Gilt Rococo Scroll Double Candleholder, c. Early-to-Mid 20th Century","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGilt Rococo Scroll Double Candleholder, c. Early-to-Mid 20th Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sculptural gilt porcelain double candleholder in a dramatic Rococo revival scroll form, c. early-to-mid 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis striking ceramic candleholder features two candle cups integrated into a sweeping curled body, with a raised oval base, cream glazed ground, turquoise-green accent panel, and richly applied gilt decoration. The form is expressive and architectural, moving upward in a theatrical scroll that feels part candlestick, part small decorative sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is heavily ornamented, with gold floral patterning across the base and upper scrolls, delicate floral linework on the cream body, and a soft green-turquoise panel that gives the piece a beautiful contrast against the warm gilt finish. The two candle cups show visible interior wear from use, adding to the aged character of the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe overall design draws from Rococo revival and Belle Époque-inspired decorative taste: curved forms, scrollwork, gilding, florals, and ornamental excess handled at a small, highly decorative scale. It has the kind of presence that makes a plain candlestick look like it came to the party underdressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis candleholder belongs to the long tradition of Rococo revival decorative ceramics, where movement, asymmetry, scrollwork, gilding, and floral ornament were used to create small objects with theatrical presence. The Rococo language originated in 18th-century European decorative arts, but its influence returned repeatedly through the 19th and early 20th centuries in porcelain, mantel ornaments, vanity pieces, and parlor accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the early-to-mid 20th century, decorative porcelain candleholders and mantel pieces often borrowed from older European forms while adapting them for domestic interiors. Pieces like this were made to bring gilt ornament and old-world refinement into smaller spaces: mantels, dressing tables, sideboards, consoles, and formal sitting rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exact maker and origin are not identified from the provided photos. Without a visible underside mark, the safest catalog language is \u003cstrong\u003eearly-to-mid 20th century Rococo revival ceramic or porcelain double candleholder\u003c\/strong\u003e. The form, gilding, candle cup wear, floral decoration, and surface patina support an older vintage reading rather than a contemporary decorative reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGilt Rococo Scroll Double Candleholder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. early-to-mid 20th century\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlazed porcelain or ceramic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRococo revival, Belle Époque revival, ornate decorative ceramic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDouble candleholder with two candle cups and sculptural scroll body\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSubject \/ Motif\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eScrollwork, floral gilt decoration, ornamental foliate detail\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrimary Colors\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGold, cream, white, turquoise-green, amber\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlossy glazed surface with heavy gilt decoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePorcelain or ceramic, glaze, gilt decoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMeasurements to be added\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnknown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarkings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo underside mark shown in provided photos\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGood vintage condition with visible gilt wear, candle cup residue, surface patina, and age-related rubbing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe candleholder presents beautifully overall, with strong sculptural form and rich gilt detail. The candle cups show visible interior residue, discoloration, and surface wear from use. The gilding shows rubbing, speckling, and age-related wear, especially along raised edges, scrolls, rims, and high-contact areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo major breaks or structural losses are visible in the provided photos. Small edge wear, glaze wear, gilt loss, and surface patina are consistent with age and use. The underside has not been shown, so maker, origin, and any factory mark remain unidentified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis candleholder belongs in a room that appreciates ornament, curve, and a little drama from something smaller than a chandelier. It would be beautiful on a mantel, writing desk, console, bedside table, vanity, bookshelf, dining sideboard, or layered into a collected tabletop arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gilt finish brings warmth and reflection, while the cream and turquoise-green accents soften the piece and make it easier to place. It pairs especially well with antique mirrors, marble, dark wood, velvet, brass, old books, portrait miniatures, floral ceramics, and candlelit rooms that understand subtlety is sometimes wildly overrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it as a functional candleholder with appropriately sized candles, or style it as a sculptural decorative object. Its strength is in the silhouette: the scrolling form gives movement from every angle, while the gilt floral surface keeps it refined and richly detailed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47677231693929,"sku":"VE-1099","price":118.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/06F72314-1A70-4AAC-9ECB-BB9C4A34698B_1_105_c.jpg?v=1780889048"},{"product_id":"pair-of-mid-century-rose-amber-glass-candle-holders-c-1940s-1960s","title":"Pair of Mid Century Rose-Amber Glass Candle Holders, c. 1940s–1960s","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA striking \u003cstrong\u003epair of mid century rose-amber glass candle holders\u003c\/strong\u003e, dating to \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1940s–1960s\u003c\/strong\u003e, with rounded smoky glass inserts, patinated metal frames, and beaded bronze-tone collars. Each holder has a sculptural globe-like glass body with a warm rose-amber tint, faceted optical surface, and an irregular hand-finished rim that gives the pair a distinctly older, less machine-perfect character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe metal holders feature darkened brass or bronze-tone collars with beaded rim detail, slender wire supports, and inner candle cups showing visible verdigris, oxidation, and age-darkened patina. The combination of smoky glass, warm metal, and timeworn surface gives the pair a moody, atmospheric quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are small but visually rich pieces, ideal for votives, tea lights, shelf styling, tablescapes, or layered vintage decor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is best described as \u003cstrong\u003emid century rose-amber glass candle holders from c. 1940s–1960s\u003c\/strong\u003e. The smoky amber glass, rounded vessel form, wire candle supports, beaded metal collars, and aged brass\/bronze-tone finish are consistent with mid-century decorative candle accessories produced for tabletops, vanities, dining rooms, and living spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glass inserts appear to be molded rose-amber glass with faceted or paneled optical surfaces. The top rims are slightly irregular rather than perfectly polished, suggesting older hand-finishing or less standardized production. The metal components show strong natural patina, including verdigris and oxidation, supporting a vintage mid-century attribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo maker’s mark or label is visible in the provided photographs, so the maker and exact origin remain unidentified. The safest listing language is: \u003cstrong\u003e“Pair of vintage c. 1940s–1960s rose-amber glass candle holders with patinated metal frames.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject Type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePair of candle holders \/ votive holders\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1940s–1960s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMid-century decorative \/ vintage tabletop lighting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot provided\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRose-amber molded glass, brass or bronze-tone metal, wire candle supports\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColor \/ Finish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSmoky rose-amber glass with darkened brass\/bronze-tone metal collars and wire frames\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage condition with age-related wear throughout. Metal shows patina, oxidation, verdigris, finish wear, and surface variation. Glass inserts show light surface wear and irregular hand-finished rims consistent with age and manufacture. Glass appears intact from the provided photographs. Candle cups and wire supports are present.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnmarked \/ unidentified\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnknown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRounded glass inserts set into removable patinated metal candle frames with beaded collars, wire supports, and inner candle cups\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBest Use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVotive candles, tea lights, dining table styling, mantel decor, vanity display, shelf vignette, or vintage candleholder collection\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair brings exactly the kind of atmosphere small objects are supposed to bring, which is apparently a lost art now that everything is either plastic, beige, or pretending to be Scandinavian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rose-amber glass warms candlelight beautifully, while the aged metal frames add texture, depth, and the kind of patina that makes a space feel collected rather than staged. The irregular glass rims and oxidized metal keep the pair from feeling too polished, giving them the quiet imperfection that makes vintage pieces compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse them on a dining table, mantel, bookshelf, vanity, or bedside surface. They would be especially strong in a moody interior, layered with brass, old books, dark wood, antique textiles, or smoked glass. Small, atmospheric, and beautifully timeworn, these candle holders bring warmth without trying too hard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685142380649,"sku":"VE-1120","price":111.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/A4AFDCD4-70AD-437D-AC2B-8A10E2874C3F_1_105_c.jpg?v=1781169748"},{"product_id":"brass-and-glass-miniature-candle-lantern","title":"Brass and Glass Miniature Candle Lantern","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA petite vintage brass-and-glass candle lantern with a beautifully timeworn surface, faceted glass-panel body, hinged door, circular top ring, and sculptural ribbed cap. Small in scale but rich in atmosphere, the piece carries the warm character of aged brass, darkened patina, and soft coppery oxidation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe lantern opens at the front to reveal a small interior candle cup, making it ideal as a decorative votive holder, shelf accent, tabletop object, or collected brass accessory. Its glass panels catch the light gently, while the aged metal frame gives the piece an old-world, well-traveled presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest used decoratively with a flameless LED votive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis lantern belongs to the decorative brass-and-glass candle lantern tradition popular in late 20th-century interiors, especially in bohemian, global, Moroccan-inspired, and Indian export-style décor. Its faceted frame, clear glass panels, and hanging ring echo older lantern forms, though the construction points to a decorative household piece rather than an early working oil lantern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo maker’s mark or readable country label is present. A small black sticker remnant remains on the underside, but the text is no longer legible. For that reason, the piece is conservatively cataloged as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evintage brass-and-glass miniature candle lantern, maker unidentified, likely late 20th century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a small object with a lot of visual texture, which is exactly the sort of piece that makes a room feel collected rather than aggressively purchased in one panicked weekend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle it on a mantel, bookshelf, entry table, bar cart, powder room shelf, or bedside table. The aged brass surface brings warmth, while the glass panels add a quiet reflective quality. It works beautifully with layered antiques, carved wood, books, ceramics, woven textiles, and moody candlelit styling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts value is in atmosphere: a small, sculptural lantern with patina, age, and just enough imperfection to feel honest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"1801.1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAttribute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2 in W x 4 in H \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrass-toned metal or copper-alloy sheet metal; clear glass panels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage condition with heavy patina, oxidation, tarnish, finish loss, scratches, surface wear, interior wax\/heat residue, and visible soldered construction. Glass panels appear intact from photos with light clouding and wear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaker \/ Origin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaker unidentified; underside sticker remnant present but illegible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeriod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLikely late 20th century, c. 1970s–1990s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage brass lantern, bohemian décor, Moroccan-inspired \/ Indian export-style decorative candle holder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecorative use recommended; flameless LED votive preferred\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47702141108329,"sku":"VE-1141","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/A97DCE8A-8EEA-48E0-BA2B-5F145639C90F.jpg?v=1781635768"},{"product_id":"vintage-green-diamond-point-pressed-glass-bud-vase-c-1960s","title":"Vintage Green Diamond-Point Pressed Glass Bud Vase, c. 1960s","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Vase\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vintage green pressed glass bud vase with a slender neck, a rounded base and a raised diamond point texture that catches light from every angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silhouette is elongated, and the repeating diamond pattern moves from the rounded base up through the narrow neck. The pressed texture creates depth and reflection, so the color shifts from a bright green in direct light to a deeper emerald in shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe saturated emerald tone gives the vase a strong decorative presence despite its small scale. The narrow opening suits a single stem, a dried floral, a feather or a branch clipping, though the piece has enough color and texture to stand on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vase carries no maker's mark, and the maker is unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece appears to be pressed glass with a molded diamond point pattern, a pattern and process typical of mid to late twentieth century decorative glass production. The dating of circa 1960s rests on that idiom and construction rather than on any documentary record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBud vase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMid to late twentieth century, c. 1960s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnknown, unmarked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePressed glass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRounded base with slender neck and narrow opening\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMolded raised diamond point pattern\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSaturated emerald green\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTo be confirmed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConsistent with vintage use, with light surface wear visible. No major chips or cracks are visible\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a small piece with a surprisingly strong presence. The green glass brings color without being loud, and the diamond texture adds just enough pattern to read as collected rather than as filler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is an easy accent for a shelf, a windowsill, a vanity or a collected glass display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works alone or grouped with other glass, ceramics, books or brass objects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47714415542377,"sku":"VE-1158","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/vintage_green_diamond-point_pressed_glass_bud_vase_c._1960s937116329584935765207203945.jpg?v=1782884006"},{"product_id":"vintage-crystal-luster-candlestick-with-prism-bobeche-c-1940s-1960s","title":"Vintage Crystal Luster Candlestick with Prism Bobeche, c. 1940s–1960s","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vintage crystal luster candlestick with a scalloped bobeche, twisted column, ribbed pedestal base, and prism holes around the upper dish for adding hanging crystal drops. The form catches light from every angle, with fluted and spiral details that give the piece a bright, architectural sparkle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe upper bobeche was designed not only to catch wax, but also to support decorative hanging prisms. Those small holes along the rim are intentional, allowing the piece to be dressed with crystal drops for a fuller luster effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistory\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlass and crystal luster candlesticks developed from traditional mantle and table lusters, decorative candleholders often finished with hanging prisms to reflect candlelight. By the mid-20th century, these forms continued in both crystal and pressed-glass versions for dining rooms, vanities, sideboards, and formal tabletop display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example likely dates to the mid-20th century, c. 1940s–1960s, based on its molded crystal form, scalloped bobeche, twisted column, ribbed pedestal base, and prism-ready construction. No maker’s mark is visible in the provided photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrystal luster candlestick \/ prism-ready candleholder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePeriod\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage, c. 1940s–1960s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnknown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrystal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClear crystal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDetails\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eScalloped bobeche, prism holes, twisted stem, ribbed pedestal base, taper candle cup\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage condition with light surface wear expected from age. Prism holes are present along the bobeche rim; hanging crystals are not shown. No major chips or cracks visible in the provided photographs, though final inspection should confirm rim, cup, and base condition.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaper candleholder, decorative display, mantle luster, vanity styling, or sideboard accent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis candlestick brings height, reflection, and old-world polish to a table, mantle, vanity, or bar cart. The twisted column and scalloped bobeche give it movement, while the prism holes allow the piece to be styled simply or dressed with hanging crystals for a more dramatic luster effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it alone as a single statement candlestick, or add crystal prisms to lean fully into the sparkle. It pairs beautifully with cut crystal, silver, green glass, old bottles, ironstone, and layered tabletop pieces that actually know how to catch light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47727285076073,"sku":"VE-1173","price":141.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/vintage_crystal_luster_candlestick_with_prism_bobeche_c._1940s1960s937491690301735837634150505.jpg?v=1782883881"},{"product_id":"early-20th-century-red-painted-copper-alloy-neoclassical-candlestick-c-1920s-1940s","title":"Early 20th-Century Red Painted Copper-Alloy Neoclassical Candlestick, c. 1920s–1940s","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early twentieth century neoclassical candlestick with a deep red painted finish over aged copper alloy, carrying the presence of an old world altar candlestick in miniature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silhouette is classical, a broad circular stepped base, a ribbed pedestal, a tapered fluted column, beaded banding and a raised candle cup. The red finish has aged well, shifting between burgundy, oxblood and burnished copper depending on the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface wear is the most compelling part. Raised edges and carved style details show rubbing and exposed metallic tone, while the darker recesses hold age and patina. The result is sculptural, moody and architectural without being overly formal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe maker is unknown and no maker's mark is recorded. The attribution rests on idiom and construction, the neoclassical fluted column and beaded banding placing the piece in the early twentieth century, circa 1920s to 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe underside shows visible oxidation and verdigris, consistent with a copper alloy base metal, likely brass or bronze beneath the painted finish. The exact alloy is untested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece shows age related wear throughout, including rubbing to the red surface, patina, finish loss, oxidation, darkening in the recessed areas and surface marks from use. No major structural damage is visible. It is offered as a decorative vintage object and should be handled with care given its age and finish wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSingle candlestick, taper candle holder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEarly twentieth century, c. 1920s to 1940s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNeoclassical, architectural\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnknown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePainted copper alloy metal, likely brass or bronze, exact alloy untested\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDeep red, burgundy and oxblood with aged copper undertones\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTo be confirmed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage condition with patina, oxidation, verdigris to the underside, finish wear, rubbing and age related surface marks. No major structural damage is visible\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBest Use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaper candle holder, mantel styling, shelf accent, tabletop decor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe candlestick has the kind of aged presence that makes a surface feel collected at once. The red finish adds warmth and drama, while the neoclassical form supplies structure and elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStyle it on a mantel, a console, a bookshelf or a dining table with a taper candle, stacked books, brass, dark wood or antique ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works equally well as a functional candle holder and as a sculptural accent standing alone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47747296559209,"sku":"VE-1176","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/DSC01136.jpg?v=1783064180"},{"product_id":"ostoria-baroque-clear-glass-candlesticks-pair-c-1937-1965","title":"Fostoria Baroque Clear Glass Candlesticks, Pair, c. 1937–1965","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex h-svh w-screen flex-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative z-0 flex min-h-0 w-full flex-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative flex min-h-0 w-full min-w-0 flex-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-side-pane-shell-host=\"true\" class=\"relative flex min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"@container\/main relative flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col -translate-y-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)\/2)] pt-[calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)\/2)]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-scroll-from-top=\"\" class=\"@w-sm\/main:[scrollbar-gutter:var(--stage-scroll-gutter)] touch:[scrollbar-width:none] group\/scroll-root relative flex min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col [scrollbar-gutter:stable] not-print:overflow-x-clip not-print:overflow-y-auto group-data-stream-active\/scroll-root:[overflow-anchor:none] not-print:data-expanded-composer:overflow-y-hidden! 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The form has that excellent late-Depression-to-mid-century elegance: ornamental, fluid, and theatrical without becoming overwrought. A rare mercy in glassware, frankly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1188\" data-start=\"866\"\u003eThe scroll motif gives each candlestick movement from every angle, catching light through the curved body and polished circular base. The design feels part acanthus leaf, part wave, part old-world table drama, making the pair especially strong for a mantel, dining table, vanity, bar cabinet, or layered shelf arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"1217\" data-start=\"1190\" data-section-id=\"i2she1\"\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1466\" data-start=\"1218\"\u003eAttributed to \u003cstrong data-end=\"1258\" data-start=\"1232\"\u003eFostoria Glass Company\u003c\/strong\u003e, Baroque pattern, produced in clear pressed glass. The Baroque pattern dates to approximately \u003cstrong data-end=\"1366\" data-start=\"1353\"\u003e1937–1965\u003c\/strong\u003e, placing these candlesticks in the elegant glass period of American tableware and decorative glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1819\" data-start=\"1468\"\u003eCondition appears good from the photos, with light surface wear and minor base scratching consistent with age and use. No obvious major chips or cracks are visible in the images. Final condition should be confirmed in person along the candle cups, scroll edges, and base rims, because glass likes to hide tiny betrayals where buyers notice them first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"1886\" data-start=\"1868\" data-section-id=\"189qedo\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\" data-end=\"2287\" data-start=\"1888\"\u003e\n\u003cthead data-end=\"1910\" data-start=\"1888\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"1910\" data-start=\"1888\"\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"last:pe-10\" data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"1900\" data-start=\"1888\"\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth class=\"last:pe-10\" data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"1910\" data-start=\"1900\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-end=\"2287\" data-start=\"1921\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"1969\" data-start=\"1921\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"1929\" data-start=\"1921\"\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"1969\" data-start=\"1929\"\u003eAttributed to Fostoria Glass Company\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"1991\" data-start=\"1970\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"1980\" data-start=\"1970\"\u003ePattern\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"1991\" data-start=\"1980\"\u003eBaroque\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"2043\" data-start=\"1992\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2006\" data-start=\"1992\"\u003eObject Type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"2043\" data-start=\"2006\"\u003ePair of single-light candlesticks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"2069\" data-start=\"2044\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2053\" data-start=\"2044\"\u003ePeriod\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"2069\" data-start=\"2053\"\u003ec. 1937–1965\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"2104\" data-start=\"2070\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2081\" data-start=\"2070\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"2104\" data-start=\"2081\"\u003eClear pressed glass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"2122\" data-start=\"2105\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2113\" data-start=\"2105\"\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"2122\" data-start=\"2113\"\u003eClear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"2189\" data-start=\"2123\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2134\" data-start=\"2123\"\u003eFeatures\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"2189\" data-start=\"2134\"\u003eScroll-form body, circular base, faceted candle cup\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"2267\" data-start=\"2190\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2202\" data-start=\"2190\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"2267\" data-start=\"2202\"\u003eVintage; light surface wear and minor base scratching visible\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-end=\"2287\" data-start=\"2268\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"sm\" data-end=\"2279\" data-start=\"2268\"\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-col-size=\"md\" data-end=\"2287\" data-start=\"2279\"\u003ePair\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"2321\" data-start=\"2289\" data-section-id=\"1mwgqex\"\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2561\" data-start=\"2322\"\u003eThese candlesticks bring height, shimmer, and sculptural movement without requiring a full centerpiece situation, thank heavens. The clear glass makes them easy to place with silver, brass, crystal, ironstone, dark wood, or colored tapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2733\" data-start=\"2563\"\u003eThey belong on a dining table, mantel, console, vanity, bedside table, or anywhere that needs a little old-glass glamour without turning the room into a museum gift shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003caudio crossorigin=\"anonymous\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" class=\"fixed start-0 bottom-0 hidden h-0 w-0\"\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47764506443881,"sku":"VE-1190","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/8F501335-A57C-4A1E-9542-800E072A2214_1_105_c.jpg?v=1783410432"},{"product_id":"fostoria-american-clear-glass-candlesticks-pair-c-1915","title":"Fostoria American Clear Glass Candlesticks, Pair c. 1915","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a4768df-f0d4-83e8-a060-bd37c175700e-5\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a4768df-f0d4-83e8-a060-bd37c175700e-5\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a4768df-f0d4-83e8-a060-bd37c175700e-5\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-46\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d6f9e5c4-9a12-4505-8c5c-84c29f495b0f\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"70czwu\" data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"590\"\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"853\"\u003eA pair of clear pressed-glass candlesticks in Fostoria’s iconic \u003cstrong data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"667\"\u003eAmerican\u003c\/strong\u003e pattern. Each candlestick is built with a flared circular base, faceted candle cup, and the pattern’s recognizable cubed geometric center, giving the pair a crisp architectural sparkle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"1175\"\u003eThe design is compact, balanced, and easy to place: formal enough for a dining table, but restrained enough for a mantel, vanity, bar cart, bookshelf, or bedside vignette. The clear glass catches light beautifully without adding visual weight, which is helpful because not every object needs to enter the room screaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"i2she1\" data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1204\"\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1465\"\u003eAttributed to \u003cstrong data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1245\"\u003eFostoria Glass Company\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1265\"\u003eAmerican Clear\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stem 2056. The American pattern was introduced in 1915 and remained in production for decades, making it one of Fostoria’s most enduring pressed-glass patterns. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1781\"\u003eCondition appears good from the photos, with light surface wear and base scratching consistent with age and use. No obvious major chips or cracks are visible in the provided images. Candle cup rims and base edges should be checked closely before final listing, because glass hides flaws like it went to law school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"vmd0au\" data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"1798\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"1934\"\u003eApprox. \u003cstrong data-start=\"1807\" data-end=\"1818\"\u003e3\" high\u003c\/strong\u003e if standard Fostoria American single-light candlestick form. Confirm exact height and base diameter before listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"189qedo\" data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"1954\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"2387\" class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\"\u003e\n\u003cthead data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"1978\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"1978\"\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"1968\" data-col-size=\"sm\" class=\"last:pe-10\"\u003eAttribute\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth data-start=\"1968\" data-end=\"1978\" data-col-size=\"md\" class=\"last:pe-10\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-start=\"1989\" data-end=\"2387\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"1989\" data-end=\"2037\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1989\" data-end=\"1997\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2037\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eAttributed to Fostoria Glass Company\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2038\" data-end=\"2077\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2038\" data-end=\"2048\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003ePattern\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2048\" data-end=\"2077\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eAmerican Clear, Stem 2056\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2078\" data-end=\"2129\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2078\" data-end=\"2092\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eObject Type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2129\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003ePair of single-light candlesticks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2164\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2139\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003ePeriod\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2139\" data-end=\"2164\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eVintage, 20th century\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2199\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2176\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2176\" data-end=\"2199\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eClear pressed glass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2217\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2208\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eColor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2217\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eClear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2218\" data-end=\"2295\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2218\" data-end=\"2229\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eFeatures\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2229\" data-end=\"2295\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eCubed geometric stem, flared circular base, faceted candle cup\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2296\" data-end=\"2367\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2296\" data-end=\"2308\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2308\" data-end=\"2367\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003eVintage; light surface wear and base scratching visible\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-start=\"2368\" data-end=\"2387\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2368\" data-end=\"2379\" data-col-size=\"sm\"\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2387\" data-col-size=\"md\"\u003ePair\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1mwgqex\" data-start=\"2389\" data-end=\"2421\"\u003eWhy It Belongs In Your Home\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2422\" data-end=\"2661\"\u003eThese candlesticks bring a clean, polished layer of American elegant glass to a table or shelf. The scale makes them easy to use with taper candles, layered table settings, or grouped among crystal, silver, brass, ironstone, and dark wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2663\" data-end=\"2820\"\u003eThey are small, classic, and highly usable: the kind of vintage glass that does its job without trying to become the main character, a rare act of restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47764553465961,"sku":"VE-1191","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/C7FB15A3-469C-4D5C-84D6-66789ABE6A75_1_105_c.jpg?v=1783411061"},{"product_id":"title-folk-slipware-chamberstick-treacle-glazed-earthenware-candle-holder-with-finger-handle-c-1950s-60s","title":"Folk Slipware Chamberstick — Treacle-Glazed Earthenware Candle Holder with Finger Handle, c. 1950s–60s","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA wonderfully characterful chamber candlestick in glazed folk earthenware — the old-fashioned kind you'd carry to bed by its looped finger handle. It has a broad dished drip-pan base, a curvy double-gourd stem, and a candle socket rimmed in a creamy \"dripped\" pattern. Over a warm treacle-brown ground, it's hand-decorated with slip-trailed green scrolls and dots of cream and dark brown — the loose, joyful ornament of traditional peasant pottery. A fine craquelure runs through the glossy glaze, and the base is left as raw buff clay. Small, tactile, and full of handmade soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe chamberstick — a candle holder with a broad catch-pan and a finger loop — was an everyday household object for centuries, lighting the way upstairs before electricity. This one belongs to the enduring European tradition of slip-decorated folk earthenware, where a humble redware body is enlivened with trailed slip in green, cream, and brown. Its glossy lead glaze, lively hand-trailed ornament, and softly crazed surface place it in the mid-twentieth century, when this centuries-old peasant-pottery style was still being made across the Continent for everyday use and for the traveler's shelf. Hand-thrown and hand-painted, unmarked as most folk pottery is, it carries the warmth and slight irregularity that only a handmade object has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eChamberstick \/ chamber candle holder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGlazed earthenware (redware), slip-trailed decoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eTreacle-brown ground; green scrolls, cream \u0026amp; dark slip dots; dripped socket rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEuropean folk \/ slipware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCirca 1950s–60s (mid-20th century)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGood; glossy with an even age craquelure, unglazed clay base, honest wear. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe perfect small dose of rustic warmth. Set a taper in it for the nightstand, a mantel, or a farmhouse table; group it with other folk pottery; or let it hold a ring and a stub of candle on a shelf as pure character. Its earthy browns and folk-art dots suit a cottage kitchen, a cabin, or any room that likes its beauty a little handmade and worn-in — collected, not decorated.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47846959906921,"sku":"VE-1268","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/folk_slipware_chamberstick_treacle-glazed_earthenware_candle_holder_with_finger_handle_c._1950s60s940347005348136093921132649.jpg?v=1787623288"},{"product_id":"tall-gilt-metal-candlestick-bundled-rods-with-embossed-spiral-banding-and-tripod-scroll-feet-c-1950-1960","title":"Tall Gilt Metal Candlestick, Bundled Rods with Embossed Spiral Banding and Tripod Scroll Feet, c. 1950–1960","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA tall, slender candlestick with real sculptural nerve. Three straight metal rods rise together as a single bundled shaft, bound at intervals by a broad ribbon of sheet metal that spirals the full height — and that ribbon is the piece's whole charm, embossed along its length with a running foliate pattern of scrolling leaves and small blossoms, pressed in relief so it catches light at every turn. At the top the shaft opens into a wide flared socket with a softly ruffled, petal-like rim. At the bottom the three rods separate and sweep outward into a tripod, each leg ending in a flat curled scroll that lifts the whole thing off the surface like a wrought-iron gate finial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe surface is a warm antiqued gilt — bright gold on the raised ornament, darkening to bronze and near-black in the recesses, with honest wear where the shaft has been handled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe bundled-shaft candlestick descends from the ecclesiastical pricket stands of medieval Europe, where wrought iron was gathered, twisted, and splayed into tripod feet to hold a taper at altar height. The Gothic Revival brought that vocabulary back into the nineteenth-century domestic interior, and it survived into the mid-twentieth as a favorite of the Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean Revival decorating that swept American homes from the 1950s onward. Makers of the period worked in gilt and antiqued sheet metal rather than forged iron — lighter, cheaper, and far more decorative — using embossed strapwork exactly like this to suggest hand-wrought ornament at a fraction of the labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat is what this is: a decorator's candlestick made in the historical taste, and a genuinely well-designed one. The proportions are tall and thin enough to read as architecture, and the embossed ribbon does what forged iron never could — it sparkles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full pl-[var(--msg-block-inset,0.5rem)] pr-2 mb-6 print:overflow-x-visible\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCandlestick\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eContinental European or American, decorator production\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eGilt and antiqued sheet metal over rod construction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eSpiral banding embossed with running foliate scrollwork; flared petal-edged socket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eBundled triple-rod shaft on splayed tripod base with scrolled feet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003ec. 1950–1975\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVery good. Stands square and stable on all three feet; shaft straight and bindings secure. Antiqued gilt surface with honest wear and darkening to the high points and handled areas; light surface oxidation and minor irregularity to the socket rim, original to the making. No losses, breaks, or repairs observed. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHeight is the hardest thing to add to a tabletop, and this solves it in a footprint the size of a coffee cup. Put a single ivory taper in it and set it on a mantel, a console, or the corner of a dining table, and it draws the eye upward the way a plant or a lamp would — without the bulk of either. It looks best slightly off-center and paired with something low and solid, a bowl or a stack of books, so the contrast in scale does the work. Against limewash, dark paint, or bare plaster, that antiqued gilt reads as candlelight even unlit. It sits comfortably with wrought iron, walnut, terracotta, and warm collected interiors — and it would be genuinely striking as a pair, if a mate ever turns up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47915203559529,"sku":"VE-1310","price":116.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/tall_gilt_metal_candlestick_bundled_rods_with_embossed_spiral_banding_and_tripod_scroll_feet_c._19501960941822705674536219375255657.jpg?v=1787623026"},{"product_id":"pair-of-turned-oak-candlesticks-baluster-form-with-weighted-baize-lined-bases-c-1950-1980","title":"Pair of Turned Oak Candlesticks, Baluster Form with Weighted Baize-Lined Bases, c. 1950–1980","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA matched pair of candlesticks turned from solid oak, built on the classical baluster: a broad domed foot, a compressed knop above it, a full round belly, and a waisted neck opening to a flared cup. It is the same profile that governs a staircase newel or a table leg, reduced to hand scale, and it works for the same reason — every curve answers the one below it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe turning is crisp. Fine incised rings mark each transition, the tool lines are still readable on the base where the gouge came across the end grain, and the flared cup finishes in a rolled lip. The wood shows the silvery ray fleck that only oak gives you, running in short bright dashes across the belly of each stick, and the warm brown stain has been rubbed to a low sheen that lets the figure come through rather than burying it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach base is broad and heavy for the height — the reason a candlestick this size stays put — and finished underneath with a disc of green baize, the traditional treatment for protecting a polished tabletop. The sockets are drilled to standard taper size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurned wooden domestic objects have their own name in the antiques trade: treen, from the old plural of tree. Before the middle of the nineteenth century almost every household ran on it — bowls, boxes, scoops, spoons, and candlesticks turned on a pole lathe by village craftsmen — and the woodturner was as ordinary a village figure as the blacksmith. Oak was the English default: hard, dense enough to hold a crisp edge on a turned ring, and figured with the medullary ray that gives quartersawn oak its flash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe baluster silhouette these follow is older still, borrowed from classical architecture and carried into English domestic furniture through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Pairs like this were turned throughout the twentieth century in that revival idiom, for people who wanted the shape of an old English interior at a price that made sense. They are unmarked, as turned treen almost always is, and the green baize underneath is the tell of a piece made to sit on furniture somebody cared about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePair of candlesticks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed; in the English turned treen tradition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBaluster stem with knop and waisted neck rising to a flared candle cup, on a broad weighted domed foot; drilled for standard taper candles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolid turned oak with visible ray fleck, stained warm brown and sealed; green baize discs to the undersides\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnmarked, as turned treen typically is\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1950–1980\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent. Both sticks are solid and true with no cracks, splits, or losses, and they stand level. Turning is crisp throughout and the finish is even, with only light handling marks and minor scuffing to the base edges. Sockets are clean and free of old wax. Green baize is intact and firmly attached on both. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of candlesticks is the fastest way to make a surface look considered. These are the useful height — tall enough to matter, short enough to see across at a dinner table — and the warm oak sits naturally with linen, ironstone, brass, pewter, and every wood tone you already own. Put them on a dining table, a mantel, a console, or either end of a bookshelf. They are also good unlit: the silhouette alone does the work, which is why turned treen keeps getting bought by people who never light a candle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey take a standard taper, and beeswax in oak is one of the genuinely lovely combinations in a room. A note on care: wipe with a dry or barely damp cloth and feed the wood with a quality paste wax once or twice a year — nothing silicone-based, and never oil soap, which will lift the stain. Warm the socket with your hands and lift old wax out with a wooden skewer rather than digging with metal, and keep them out of direct sun, which will fade the stain unevenly over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48006479675497,"sku":"VE-1397","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3480.jpg?v=1788831539"},{"product_id":"hand-painted-ceramic-candlestick-with-pink-and-blue-flower-spray-painters-palette-marks-to-the-base-lasting-products-inc-american-c-1955-1975","title":"Hand-Painted Ceramic Candlestick with Pink and Blue Flower Spray, Painter's Palette Marks to the Base, Lasting Products Inc., American, c. 1955–1975","description":"  \u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA short turned candlestick in a soft ivory glaze, built on the classic profile: a wide domed foot, a knopped baluster stem, and a cupped socket with a flared drip pan at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the foot runs a \u003cstrong\u003ehand-painted flower spray\u003c\/strong\u003e — a pink five-petalled blossom and a rounded cornflower blue one, each with a yellow centre ringed in dark blue dots, set among soft green leaves. Look closely and the petals are individual brush strokes, laid down wet and slightly overlapping, with the pink thinning at the edge of each stroke where the brush lifted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foot is finished with a raised bead and a recessed channel, both catching the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath, the base is \u003cstrong\u003eunglazed white bisque\u003c\/strong\u003e, and this is where it gets interesting — there is a green dot, two yellow dabs and a pink smear scattered across it, and an oval foil label in red and gold that reads \u003cstrong\u003eHAND PAINTED — LASTING PRODUCTS INC. — MADE IN USA\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThose marks on the base are not damage. They are the decorator's palette.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA painter working a production line loads a brush, and before touching the piece, swipes or dabs it somewhere out of sight to check the colour and how much is on the bristles. The unglazed foot is the natural place: it is porous, it will not wipe clean, and nobody sees it. Every colour on the front of this candlestick is on the bottom of it — green, yellow, pink — which is as direct a piece of evidence as decorated ceramics offers. It is a physical record of the hand that painted it, and it is the reason the label's claim can be taken at face value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rest of the evidence agrees.\u003c\/strong\u003e The two flowers on the front are not identical to one another and the spray is not centred with machine precision. The dark blue dots ringing each yellow centre vary in size and spacing. A decal or a transfer would be uniform, would sit slightly proud of the glaze, and would show a fine screen pattern under magnification; none of that is present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe label is the dating evidence.\u003c\/strong\u003e Foil labels of this type — a metallic oval, red ground, gold lettering, small stars — were the giftware trade's standard branding in the middle of the twentieth century, replacing gummed paper and preceding the printed adhesive labels that followed. That it has \u003cstrong\u003esurvived intact\u003c\/strong\u003e is itself informative: the piece was kept and displayed rather than washed, and probably spent most of its life in a cabinet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“MADE IN USA” is a sales argument, not a formality.\u003c\/strong\u003e American giftware potteries printed it largest in exactly the decades when imported hand-painted ware was taking their market, and on a small decorative object it is aimed straight at the shopper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated on the label type, the American marking and the state of both: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1955–1975\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003eLasting Products Inc.\u003c\/em\u003e is named on the label; nothing further about the company is asserted here, and the candlestick is offered as marked rather than attributed beyond it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSingle ceramic candlestick for a standard taper\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAmerican. Labelled \u003cem\u003eHAND PAINTED — LASTING PRODUCTS INC. — MADE IN USA\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDomed circular foot with a raised bead and recessed channel, knopped baluster stem, cupped socket with a flared drip pan; unglazed bisque underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHand-painted flower spray to the foot — a pink blossom and a blue blossom, each with a yellow centre ringed in dark blue dots, among green leaves — on an ivory glaze. Individual brush strokes, not a decal or transfer.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eGlazed ceramic over a white body\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOval red-and-gold foil maker's label to the base, fully legible; plus the decorator's own palette dabs in green, yellow and pink on the unglazed foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1955–1975. Dated on the metallic foil label type, the American origin marking and the condition of both.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eExcellent. No chips, no cracks, no crazing, no repairs and no restoration; it stands dead level, the socket is clear and unglazed inside, the rim of the drip pan is complete, and the painting is bright and unfaded with no rubbing to the flowers. The foil label is present and fully readable. \u003cstrong\u003eExpect no wax residue and no burn discolouration in the socket\u003c\/strong\u003e — it has been little used, if at all — along with light grey scuffing to the unglazed foot from standing, which is normal and does not show when the piece is upright. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA single low candlestick is one of the most useful small objects there is, precisely because it is short.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tall one blocks a face across a table. This one lights a dinner without getting in the way of it, and it works just as well on a bathroom shelf, a bedside table, a windowsill, a mantel, a desk or a bookshelf. It takes a standard taper and stands level, so it does not need a plate under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe palette is the reason it travels. Ivory, pink, cornflower blue, soft green and yellow are the colours of a cottage kitchen and of a chintz bedroom both, and they sit happily on painted wood, brown furniture, marble, a stack of books, or a shelf of white china.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also a good gift — small, cheerful, unbreakably easy to like — and it comes with a story worth passing on, which is that you can turn it over and see the actual paint the decorator tested before she painted the flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, and the first point is the one that saves most candlesticks. \u003cstrong\u003eNever dig hardened wax out with a knife.\u003c\/strong\u003e Put the candlestick in the freezer for half an hour and the wax shrinks and lifts out whole; anything sharper takes the glaze with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWash it by hand in warm water with a little mild soap. \u003cstrong\u003eNo dishwasher\u003c\/strong\u003e — heat and detergent will lift the foil label off the base within one cycle, and the label is part of what this piece is. Keep the unglazed foot out of standing water, since bare bisque absorbs and stains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse no abrasive pad, no scouring cream and no bleach on the painted area. Burn tapers that fit the socket snugly rather than wedging an oversized one in, never let a candle burn down into the socket, and keep it away from a draught so the flame does not lick the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48040938864745,"sku":"VE-0704","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_2019.jpg?v=1789130912"},{"product_id":"terracotta-chamberstick-classical-oil-lamp-form-incised-c-1920-1939","title":"Terracotta Chamberstick in the Form of a Classical Oil Lamp, Incised Lancet Decoration with Lime-Washed Ground, c. 1920–1939","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small candle holder shaped as an \u003cstrong\u003eantique oil lamp\u003c\/strong\u003e — the storybook kind, squat and round with a nozzle out the front and a loop handle at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is a broad low dome rising from a turned foot, with a \u003cstrong\u003etapering nozzle\u003c\/strong\u003e projecting from one side and an arched \u003cstrong\u003estrap handle\u003c\/strong\u003e springing from the other. At the top, where a lamp would have its filling hole, sits a small \u003cstrong\u003ecupped socket\u003c\/strong\u003e with a flared rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decoration is cut into the clay rather than painted on. Fine \u003cstrong\u003ecombed vertical striations\u003c\/strong\u003e run over the whole surface, and around the shoulder sits a band of \u003cstrong\u003epointed lancet shapes\u003c\/strong\u003e — long leaf or petal forms, each outlined by a cut line and left smooth inside so it stands out against the combing. A row of short notches edges the base of the dome and the rim of the socket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is unglazed terracotta, and a \u003cstrong\u003epale lime wash\u003c\/strong\u003e sits in every recess and has worn away from the raised surfaces, so the cut lines read white against a warm clay ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath, the foot is turned with a clear \u003cstrong\u003espiral cut-off mark\u003c\/strong\u003e at the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a candlestick dressed as an oil lamp, and it is worth being exact about that.\u003c\/strong\u003e A real oil lamp is a closed reservoir: oil goes in a filling hole, a wick runs out the nozzle, and the flame burns at the spout. This has a \u003cstrong\u003ecupped socket on top sized for a taper\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the nozzle is solid decoration. It was made to hold a candle, in the shape of something older.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form it is copying is the Roman \u003cem\u003elucerna\u003c\/em\u003e and its Greek and Near Eastern predecessors — low round body, side nozzle, loop handle — which stayed essentially unchanged for centuries and is one of the most recognisable objects to survive from the ancient world. Adding a handle and a socket turns it into a \u003cstrong\u003echamberstick\u003c\/strong\u003e: the candle holder you carry from room to room, with something to hook a finger through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe decoration was cut by hand and it shows.\u003c\/strong\u003e The combing runs in slightly wavering passes that overlap and change direction; the lancets vary in width and length and none is a repeat of another; the notches around the base are individually struck and unevenly spaced. A press-moulded piece repeats exactly, and repeats the same flaw every time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe spiral on the base is the potter's own mark.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is where a wire was drawn under the piece to cut it off the wheel head, and it is the last thing that happens before a thrown pot leaves the wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe white is an applied finish, not an excavated deposit.\u003c\/strong\u003e A lime or gesso wash has been brushed over the surface and rubbed back, so it stays in the cut lines and comes off the high points — the standard way of making incised decoration read. Genuine burial deposit is patchy and indifferent to the design; this follows the carving exactly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece carries \u003cstrong\u003eno maker's mark, stamp, signature, label or country-of-origin mark\u003c\/strong\u003e anywhere, and is offered \u003cstrong\u003eunattributed\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is \u003cstrong\u003enot represented as a working lamp or as an excavated object\u003c\/strong\u003e — it is a candlestick, made in a lamp's shape, in the classical replica trade that supplied travellers and the giftware market through the nineteenth century and the interwar decades. Dated on the wheel work, the hand incising, the applied wash and the worn-back state of that wash: \u003cstrong\u003ec. 1920–1939\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%; border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eTerracotta chamberstick — a candle holder with a carrying handle, modelled on a classical oil lamp. Takes a standard taper.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eLow domed body on a turned foot with a solid decorative nozzle to one side and an arched strap handle to the other, rising to a small cupped candle socket with a flared rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eHand-incised throughout — combed vertical striations, a shoulder band of pointed lancet motifs, and struck notch borders — with a pale lime wash rubbed into the cuts and worn back from the raised surfaces\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eUnglazed terracotta, wheel-thrown, with a wire cut-off spiral to the base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eNone. No stamp, signature, label or country-of-origin mark. Offered unattributed and not represented as an antique or excavated lamp.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003ec. 1920–1939. Dated on the wheel throwing, the hand incising, and the applied lime wash and its worn-back state; the lamp form it copies is ancient and carries no date of its own.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eVery good. The piece is sound with no cracks, no breaks, no repairs and no restoration; it stands level, the handle is firmly set with no stress lines, the socket is clear and complete, and the incised decoration is crisp throughout. \u003cstrong\u003eExpect light wear to the tip of the nozzle\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the lime wash has rubbed back to bare clay, along with general thinning of the wash on the high points, which is how the finish is meant to age. No chips to the socket rim or the foot. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"vertical-align:top;\"\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chamberstick is a better object than a plain candlestick because it has a handle, and a handle changes what you do with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can pick it up and carry it. That sounds small until there is a power cut, or until it is the thing that goes upstairs with you, or lives on a bathroom shelf, or sits by the bed. A candle you can move is a candle that gets used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe proportions help too. It is low and wide, so it does not tip, and it sits comfortably on a narrow shelf, a windowsill, a bedside table or a stack of books where a tall stick would be precarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm clay with white in the cut lines is an easy colour. It sits on dark wood, painted furniture, stone and plaster, and reads equally as rustic or as classical depending on what is around it. Unlit it is a small piece of sculpture; the carving is worth turning over in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on care, and unglazed clay near a flame needs one thing watched. \u003cstrong\u003eNever let a candle burn down into the socket.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bare terracotta absorbs molten wax, and wax soaked into a porous body cannot be got out — it leaves a permanent dark halo and it is a fire risk besides. Change the taper while there is still an inch of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo not dig wax out with anything metal.\u003c\/strong\u003e Put the holder in the freezer for half an hour and the wax shrinks and lifts away; a knife will take the socket rim off with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not wash it, do not soak it and never put it in a dishwasher — water lifts a lime wash straight out of the incising, which is the entire decoration. Dust it with a soft dry brush, which gets into the combing better than a cloth. Keep it out of direct sunlight, and stand it on a felt pad on a polished surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48044429017193,"sku":"VE-0718","price":102.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_2139.jpg?v=1789180266"},{"product_id":"vintage-hand-forged-iron-basket-twist-sconces-pair-c-1950-1990","title":"Vintage Hand-Forged Iron Basket-Twist Sconces, Pair, c. 1950–1990","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eA matched pair of hand-forged iron candle sconces, each built as a basket twist over a swept arm and a dished pan with a pricket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe backplate is the basket. Four lengths of flat bar are gathered at the top, splayed apart down the length and given a half turn, so they open into a hollow lens and cross once at the bottom. It reads as solid from across a room and as open lattice from a foot away, and it throws a shadow on the wall that changes with the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAt the top the four bars close into a punched round eye for a single fixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eOut of the base of the basket the arm sweeps forward and down in a long reverse curve, thins as it travels, and returns to carry the pan. It is a single unbroken piece of bar with the taper worked into it, which is why the line stays live instead of looking bent from stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe pan is dished, wide and shallow, with a slightly irregular rolled edge, and a forged pricket stands at its centre to spike a candle rather than socket it. Beneath the pan, the stem flares into a tapered socket with a raised band around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe forging shows on the metal. The tapered socket carries flat hammer facets that meet at soft ridges instead of a turned curve, and the surface across the arm and socket is finely pebbled and scaled the way hot iron comes off the fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe finish is a dark blackened iron, worn through on the raised curves of the basket to a warm grey-brown where hands and cloth have passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe basket twist is one of the oldest things a smith does with four bars, and it is still one of the hardest to do well. The bars are fixed at both ends, the middle is brought to heat, and the whole assembly is turned on itself so the bars bow outward into a cage. Get the heat uneven and the cage goes lopsided. Both of these are even, and they match each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe candle fitting is older still. A pricket — a spike the candle is driven onto — predates the socket candlestick by centuries and survived in ironwork long after brass and silver went over to sockets, because a spike is one operation at the anvil and a socket is several.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eSo the vocabulary here is traditional, and the execution is genuinely hand work. The hammer facets on the tapered socket, the scaled surface off the fire, the irregular rolled edge of the pan and the live taper in the arm are all things a hand at an anvil leaves and a machine does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe joints tell the other half of the story, and they are worth stating plainly. Where the four bars of the basket meet the hanging eye, the join is an electric weld: a bead of added metal with the stacked ripple an arc or wire weld leaves, sitting proud of the parent bar and never dressed back. A forge weld looks nothing like that — two pieces brought to welding heat and hammered together become one piece, with no deposit, no ripple, and normally hammered flush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThat is not a criticism of the work and it does not make these reproductions. It is simply how a working smith has built decorative ironwork since electric welding reached small shops: forge the elements by hand at the fire, then join them at the bench with a welder, because it is faster and stronger than scarfing a forge weld on a piece this light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eIt does set the lower end of the date. On the forging evidence combined with the welded joints, the pair is offered as c. 1950–1990. No maker’s stamp appears on either sconce, and no country of origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhat would narrow it: a forge weld, a wrapped collar or a rivet anywhere on either piece would push the date earlier and change this reading, and bar that varies in width along its length would say the stock was drawn rather than rolled. Neither has been established here, and neither is claimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePair of wall-mounted candle sconces, basket-twist backplate with swept arm, dished pan and pricket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForged iron with a blackened finish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFour flat bars gathered and half-turned into a basket; single-piece tapered arm; dished pan with rolled edge and forged pricket; tapered socket with a raised band beneath the pan; punched hanging eye for one fixing. Elements hand-forged; joints electrically welded.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCandle fitting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePricket — takes a pillar or taper driven onto the spike, not a socketed candle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone. No maker’s stamp and no country of origin on either sconce.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApproximately 13 in high, approximately 6 in projection from the wall, pan approximately 4½ in across\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1950–1990. The elements are genuinely hand-forged — hammer facets on the tapered socket, scaled surface off the fire, an irregular rolled pan edge and a live taper worked into the arm. The joints are electrically welded: at the hanging eye the bead carries the stacked ripple of an arc or wire weld, laid proud and undressed, which a forge weld does not leave. Hand forging plus bench welding is the working practice of decorative smiths from the point electric welding reached small shops, and that sets the lower end. A forge weld, a wrapped collar or a rivet found anywhere on either piece would move the date earlier; none has been found.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and ready to hang. Both sconces are straight and true, the baskets are even and undistorted, the arms carry no sag, and both prickets are upright and firm. The blackened finish is complete, worn to a warm grey-brown on the raised curves of the basket where it has been handled, with light surface scale throughout and scattered small bright points on the edges. No rust scale, no pitting, no splits at any joint, no wax residue in the pans. Each hangs on a single fixing through the punched eye. Sold as a pair. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eIron is the one material that reads as old in any room, whatever its date, and a basket twist is the shape that says it fastest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eA pair is the point. Single sconces are common and awkward — they want a partner and never find one. A matched pair flanks a doorway, a fireplace, a headboard, a mirror or a long table, and the symmetry does the decorating for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe basket is what lifts these above the ordinary strap sconce. Solid from a distance, open close up, and on a plaster or limewashed wall it casts a lattice shadow that doubles the thing. Candlelight makes that shadow move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe pricket is worth understanding before you buy. A spike takes a pillar candle of any diameter, which a socket cannot, and it holds it dead upright. Press the candle down firmly onto the spike while it is at room temperature and it will not shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThey suit a stone or brick wall, a dark panelled room, a farmhouse kitchen, a hallway, or a modern white room where two pieces of black iron are the only ornament. Unwired, so they hang anywhere a screw will go — no electrician, no channel cut in the plaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThey also take an LED pillar perfectly well, if you want the look in a rental, a hallway or anywhere a live flame is a poor idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eOn hanging. One fixing each through the punched eye, into a stud or a rated plug — they are heavier than they look. Set them at eye height or a little above, and leave clear space above the pan: a lit candle wants at least a foot of air beneath a shelf or ceiling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eOn care. Dust with a dry brush and leave the finish alone. If a bright spot starts to rust, a wipe of paste wax or a light oil on a cloth will stop it — do not use a wire wheel or a rust remover, which would take the blackening with it. Never leave a burning candle unattended, and keep the pans clear of drapery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48066632941673,"sku":"VE-1634","price":490.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/907E0DCA-F0A7-4BB3-9A22-86C700E6C221.jpg?v=1789536744"},{"product_id":"vintage-cast-palm-tree-candlesticks-pair-verdigris-c-1950-1990","title":"Vintage Cast Palm Tree Candlesticks, Pair, Verdigris, c. 1950–1960","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of cast palm-tree candlesticks, each a trunk rising from a domed base to a crown of spreading fronds that opens into the drip pan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is a shallow dome on a stepped rim, cast around its slope with a ring of radiating fronds so the tree appears to stand in its own undergrowth. The rim finishes in a clean turned edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trunk tapers as a real palm does, thick at the ground and narrowing as it rises, and it is cast the whole way up with the diamond lattice a palm leaves behind as its old frond bases drop away. The pattern is irregular, not a repeating machined grid, so the texture reads as bark rather than as ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe crown is the best of it. Ten fronds spread from a collar at the top of the trunk, each one modelled with a raised midrib and engraved herringbone veining running out to the tip, each dipping and lifting at a slightly different angle. They form a wide, shallow pan, and the candle socket stands at the centre of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery frond is pierced with a small round hole near its tip — ten of them on each crown, consistent in size and placement, cast or drilled with intent rather than opened by damage. They are the right size and the right position to carry hanging glass drops, which is how palm-form lights of this kind were often dressed, though nothing hangs from them now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sticks are built as separate castings drawn together on a central rod: base, trunk, and frond crown, with a visible collar at each junction and a machined bushing through the underside of the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is a deep copper-brown with green verdigris standing in the recesses of the bark and around the base ornament, rubbed back on the high points of the fronds and the rim to a lighter metal. Both undersides are felted, the felt worn through to the adhesive across the bearing areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe palm has been a decorator’s motif for two hundred years, and it has meant something slightly different each time it came back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegency England took it from Egypt and India, by way of the campaigns and the trade routes, and put palm trunks and frond capitals on furniture, firedogs, bed posts and light fittings as a mark of the exotic reach of empire. The colonial houses of the tropics used it plainly, because that was what grew outside. And the twentieth century took it back up repeatedly — in the 1930s, and hard again through the later decades, when British Colonial and Hollywood Regency decorating made palm-form lamps, candlesticks and tables a staple of the good furniture trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair belongs to that decorative line rather than to the architectural one. They are made the way quality cast lighting hardware has been made for a very long time: separate castings stacked on a threaded rod and drawn up tight, which lets a maker combine a base, a stem and a crown from different moulds and finish the assembly as one object. Felt on the underside is the same instinct — these were made to stand on polished furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frond holes are worth noting honestly. Ten to a crown, even in size and position, they are a deliberate feature of the casting rather than later damage, and they would carry hanging drops. Whether they ever did is not established here and no drops are present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn date, the construction and finish carry it and neither carries it far. Rod-assembled castings, a copper-toned patinated finish with verdigris grown into the recesses, and felted bases are the practice of the decorative metal trade across a long span. The wear is real: the felt is worn through where the sticks have stood, the frond tips and the base rim are rubbed back to lighter metal, and the verdigris has grown in the protected recesses rather than been painted on. On that evidence the pair is offered as c. 1950–1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeither stick carries a maker’s mark or a country of origin. One base carries inked inventory marks from a previous owner or dealer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing is left open rather than guessed. The alloy has not been verified. The colouring is a copper-toned patinated finish, and where the high points are rubbed a lighter metal shows beneath it, which is consistent with more than one body metal. A magnet, a weight and a clean look at bare metal would settle it, and a solid copper alloy would place this pair materially higher than it is offered at here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePair of cast palm-tree candlesticks with frond crowns forming the drip pans\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeparate castings — domed base, tapered trunk, ten-frond crown — drawn together on a central rod, with a collar at each junction and a machined bushing through the base. Felted undersides.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModelling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTrunk cast with the irregular diamond lattice of palm bark; base cast with a ring of radiating fronds around the dome; each crown frond with a raised midrib and engraved herringbone veining\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrond holes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEach frond pierced with a small round hole near the tip, ten to a crown, even in size and placement and deliberate to the design. Suitable for hanging drops; none are present and none are supplied.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCopper-toned patinated surface with green verdigris standing in the recesses, rubbed back on the frond tips, bark ridges and base rim\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast metal. The alloy has not been verified and none is claimed: the colouring is a surface finish, and a lighter metal shows where the high points are rubbed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo maker’s mark and no country of origin on either stick. Inked inventory marks on one base from a previous owner or dealer.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApproximately 10 in high, base approximately 4½ in in diameter, frond crown approximately 5½ in across\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1950–1960. Rod-assembled castings, a copper-toned patinated finish and felted bases are long-running practice in the decorative metal trade and do not date closely on their own. What the pair does carry is genuine wear: felt worn through where the sticks have stood, frond tips and base rims rubbed back to lighter metal, and verdigris grown into the protected recesses rather than applied. A verified alloy, or a maker’s mark found under the felt, would narrow this considerably.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and stable as a pair. Both stand square without rock, both sockets are clear and take a standard taper, and all twenty fronds are present with no breaks, splits or repairs. The castings are tight on their rods with no wobble at the collars. Surface wear is honest and even: the finish is rubbed back on the frond tips, the bark ridges and the base rims, with verdigris standing in the recesses. Both felts are worn through to the adhesive across the bearing areas and discoloured. A small spot of red paint on one frond. Light inked marks to one base. No candle wax in either socket. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA palm tree is a strange and very good thing to put a candle in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost candlesticks are an abstract shape — a baluster, a column, a stem. This one is a picture of something, and it stays legible from across a room: trunk, bark, crown, the fronds lifting at different angles the way real ones do. It carries a table on its own without needing anything arranged around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLit, the crown does the work. The fronds catch the flame from below and throw a spoked shadow up a wall, and because the ten of them sit at slightly different heights the shadow is uneven and alive rather than a flat star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour is the easy part. Copper-brown with green standing in the recesses is a palette that agrees with almost everything — dark wood, painted furniture, rattan, brass, limewash — and reads as warm in a way that polished metal does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair matters more with candlesticks than with almost anything else. Two flanking a mirror, a mantel, a pair of books or the ends of a table give you symmetry, and a single candlestick spends its life looking for its partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey suit a British Colonial room, a conservatory, a green-painted library, a coastal house, or a modern interior where two dark sculptural objects are doing all the decorating. Out of candle season they read as bronzes and stay on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the frond holes are an invitation. Ten fixing points on each crown will carry glass drops, small crystals, shell, or nothing at all — a detail whose original dressing is long gone and which a buyer can take up or leave alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn use. They take a standard taper. Use a drip protector or accept that wax will find the frond pan, and let wax cool hard before lifting it away rather than scraping it warm — the finish is a surface colouring and a blade will take it off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn care. Dust with a soft dry brush into the bark lattice, which holds it. Do not polish, do not use metal cleaner and do not wash them: the verdigris in the recesses and the rubbed high points are the whole character, and a cleaner would strip in minutes what took decades to arrive. If a felt bothers you, replace it rather than removing it — the bare casting will mark furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48066713780329,"sku":"VE-1636","price":308.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/C9347075-6FD0-4F9E-90CC-2A482F9EDC9E.jpg?v=1789537870"},{"product_id":"vintage-norsk-tinn-pewter-hardanger-bridal-candle-holder-c-1950-1975","title":"Vintage Norsk Tinn Pewter Hardanger Bridal Candle Holder, c. 1950–1975","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small waisted pewter vessel, cast in one piece, standing on a felted base. The lower body is a cylinder carrying a relief frieze in panels, each panel divided from the next by a narrow pilaster of acanthus scrollwork. Above it the wall draws in through a deep waist and opens again into a wide flared socket. The proportions are compact and top-heavy in a deliberate way, with the mass at the foot and the eye pulled up the curve to the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frieze carries two scenes. In the first, a woman rides sidesaddle in a Hardanger bridal crown, her horse led by a man playing a fiddle as he walks, with a stave church spire rising behind them and figures in bunad standing along the road. In the second, a rowing boat crosses open water crowded with wedding guests, oars out, one figure standing with arms raised at the centre of the boat. The two panels are the two halves of the same journey, over land and over water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe finish is the traditional one for Norwegian relief pewter: the recesses darkened almost to black and the raised surfaces left bright, so that at this scale the figures read clearly instead of dissolving into grey. The neck and rim are turned smooth and have taken a soft polish. Inside the socket the metal is torn and there is an open void beside the central boss, and the maker's mark is stamped on that boss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scene is Brudeferden i Hardanger, the Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord, and it is the most recognisable image in Norwegian art. Hans Gude and Adolph Tidemand painted it together in 1848. The two had met in Hardanger in 1843, both trained at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, and they worked the picture up over the winter of 1847 and 1848: Gude, then twenty-three, painted the fjord and the mountains, and Tidemand, a decade older, painted the wedding party. The original hangs in the National Gallery in Oslo, which acquired it in 1895, and the two men went on to make at least five versions of the subject around 1850.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the painting did was fix an image of Norway for Norwegians. It arrived at the height of romantic nationalism, when a country still in union with Sweden was assembling a picture of itself out of its own landscape, its own dress and its own music, and it has been reproduced ever since on everything from banknotes and stamps to the sides of small pewter objects like this one. A maker putting the bride and the fiddler on a candle holder in the twentieth century was not inventing a decoration; he was quoting the national picture, and every Norwegian buyer knew it on sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mark stamped inside the socket reads NORSK TINN, Norwegian for Norwegian pewter, around a small shield device. The device does not resolve clearly enough to attribute the workshop and no maker is claimed here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dating rests on the object rather than the image, since the image has been in use since 1848. The cast one-piece body, the blackened relief against burnished high points, the turned neck and the felted base all match Norwegian relief pewter documented to the 1950s and 1960s, of which the best known are the Mastad Pewter candle holders of closely comparable size and construction. The mark is in Norwegian rather than an English export legend, and there is no barcode, printed label or moulded country line anywhere on the piece, all of which carry a ceiling only. On that evidence it is offered as c. 1950–1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage, offered as c. 1950–1975 on construction evidence\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNorway\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePewter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNORSK TINN around a shield device, stamped inside the socket. The shield does not resolve and no maker is claimed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCast relief frieze of the Hardanger bridal procession, after the 1848 painting by Hans Gude and Adolph Tidemand; acanthus scroll pilasters between panels; blackened recesses against burnished relief\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWaisted candle holder with a flared socket; felted underside\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 3 3\/4 in. high; approx. 2 in. across the base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and stable on its base, with the frieze crisp and fully legible. Inside the socket the metal is torn and an open void sits beside the central boss. Surface scratching and handling marks to the neck and rim, and light spotting to the pewter. Offered as a decorative object; it is not represented as fit to burn a candle.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne, as shown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall objects have to earn their place by rewarding a close look, and this one does. From across a room it is a compact grey shape with a good curve. From a foot away it is a fiddler, a bride in a crown, a stave church and a boat full of people, all of it legible at under four inches. That gap between what it looks like and what it contains is the whole pleasure of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePewter sits well with almost everything, because it is a warm grey rather than a cold one and it does not compete the way silver does. Put it on a bookshelf, a desk, a bathroom ledge or in a cabinet with other small metal, and it will hold a taper, a few stems of something dried, or nothing at all with equal conviction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48068268359785,"sku":"VE-1644","price":262.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/E531E628-BC23-438D-AA17-CC920931FD4E.jpg?v=1789560881"},{"product_id":"vintage-hand-wrought-copper-candle-snuffer-fish-finial-c-1945-1970","title":"Vintage Hand-Wrought Copper Candle Snuffer, Fish Finial, c. 1945–1970","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA candle snuffer raised by hand from sheet copper, a shallow cone closing to a rounded crown, with a fish cut from flat sheet standing upright on top as the handle. The fish is shown leaping, body curved, dorsal fin swept back, tail forked and kicked to one side, with a single hole punched through for the eye. Its tail passes down through a slot cut in the crown and is soldered from beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole outer surface is planished. The facets overlap, vary in size and run in no fixed direction, which is what a hand-held hammer leaves and what a spun or machine-embossed dome does not. The rim is not a perfect circle and has been trimmed rather than rolled. The fish was cut freehand: the outline wavers slightly, the two sides of the tail are not matched, and the cut edges are left bright and unfiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe copper has gone a warm orange-brown with darker tones settled into the hollows between hammer marks, and there is nothing over it, no lacquer and no plating. At the joint on the crown the soft solder has bloomed pale green, and the same joint shows from inside the dome as a small grey patch. The interior is otherwise clean and empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA snuffer puts a candle out by starving it rather than blowing it out, which is the difference between a wisp of smoke and a room full of it. The cone drops over the flame, the air inside is used up in a second, and the wick dies without scattering wax or ash. Anyone who has ever blown out a candle on a dining table and then spent ten minutes smelling it understands immediately why these existed, and why they are coming back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is studio work rather than factory work, and everything about how it is put together says so. The dome was raised from flat sheet under a hammer, the finial was cut out of sheet by hand, and the two were joined by passing a tang through a slot and running soft solder around it. There is no rivet, no threaded fitting, no factory seam and no spinning chuck mark. It is one person's afternoon at a bench.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo maker's mark, workshop stamp, country of origin or label residue appears anywhere on it, and none is claimed. The dating rests on construction. The sheet is thin in gauge and the handle joint is soft-soldered rather than hard-soldered or brazed, which is the practice of mid-century studio and small-workshop coppersmithing rather than the heavier, hard-soldered shop copper of the Arts and Crafts period. The copper carries no lacquer, no applied finish and no origin line, and those absences carry a ceiling only. On that evidence it is offered as c. 1945–1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage, offered as c. 1945–1970 on construction evidence\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCandle snuffer with figural fish finial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDome raised by hand from sheet copper and planished overall; finial cut freehand from flat sheet, tang passed through a slot in the crown and soft-soldered from beneath\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCopper\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnlacquered, naturally oxidised to a warm orange-brown with darker tones in the hammer facets\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone present\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 4 3\/4 in. high overall; dome approx. 3 in. across\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and complete, the finial firm on its joint. Green corrosion bloom on the solder at the crown, inside and out. Surface scratching, small dark spots and uneven oxidation throughout. The rim is slightly out of true, as raised.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne, as shown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopper is the one metal that reads as warm, and unlacquered copper that has been left alone for decades reads warmer still. Against plaster, linen, oak or a dark painted wall this is a small spot of orange light, and the hammered surface catches a candle or a lamp in a hundred small points instead of one flat reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fish is the reason to pick it up. It is a cheerful, slightly rough, obviously handmade thing, cut by someone who was not worried about making both sides of the tail match, and that is exactly what gives it life. Leave it beside a candlestick on a dining table, a mantel or a bedside, where it will be used more often than you expect and looked at more often than that.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48068320198761,"sku":"VE-1645","price":255.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/53320726-6FCD-4A88-B1E7-FEDDA1A5C9FB.jpg?v=1789560950"},{"product_id":"vintage-czech-lead-crystal-pillar-holders-set-of-3-c-1993-2005","title":"Vintage Czech Lead Crystal Pillar Holders, Set of 3, c. 1993–2005","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree candle holders in cut lead crystal, graduated in height and identical in form. Each is a waisted column, pinched in at the middle and flaring out at both ends, cut in long vertical panels that run the whole length so the glass gathers light down its sides and throws it back. The top opens into a wide fluted socket and the foot spreads into a broad faceted disc that gives the whole thing a low centre of gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe weight is the first thing you notice. Lead crystal is dense, and these are solid rather than blown thin, so each one sits with real authority for its size. The metal is bright and colourless with no cloudiness or straw tint, and the cut panels are crisp with sharp arrises rather than soft pressed edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe smallest retains its original retail label on the underside, which is how the set identifies itself: PILLAR HOLDER S\/3, model VT260-558, the pattern name Rapture, Lead Crystal, Czech Rep. and République Tchèque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBohemian glass is the reason this material exists in the form it does. The glasshouses of what is now the Czech Republic have been cutting lead crystal since the seventeenth century, and by the nineteenth they had taken the technique further than anyone, building an export trade on deeply cut colourless metal that could be sold anywhere in the world. That industry survived the twentieth century largely intact, and it is still the reason a candle holder made there outweighs and outcuts one made almost anywhere else at the same price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe label dates the set precisely at one end and not at all at the other, and it is worth being plain about both. It reads Czech Rep. and République Tchèque. The Czech Republic did not exist until 1 January 1993, when Czechoslovakia divided, and a piece made before that would be labelled Czechoslovakia. So this set cannot predate 1993, full stop. Nothing on it fixes the other end, so the ceiling rests only on the fact that it has been out of retail long enough to reach the secondary market. On that evidence it is offered as c. 1993 to 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe label is bilingual in English and French, which is a North American retail convention driven by Canadian packaging requirements, so the set was imported for that market rather than bought abroad. No maker is named. VT260-558 is an importer or retailer stock number rather than a glasshouse mark, and no attribution to a specific Czech works has been traced. None is claimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage, offered as c. 1993 to 2005. The 1993 floor is documentary; the ceiling is not fixed by anything on the set\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCzech Republic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCut lead crystal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree graduated waisted pillar and taper holders with fluted sockets and faceted feet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOriginal retail label on the underside of the smallest: PILLAR HOLDER S\/3, VT260-558, Rapture, Lead Crystal, Czech Rep. No maker named and none claimed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 10 in., 8 1\/2 in. and 7 in. high; bases approx. 3 in. across\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent. No chips, cracks, bruises or flea bites found on inspection, and the cut edges are sharp throughout. Glass bright and clear with no clouding. The retail label is present but grubby and discoloured with age.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne set of three, as shown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA graduated trio is the easiest win in table styling. Three of anything in stepped heights reads as deliberate rather than accidental, and because these are identical in cut, the group holds together as one object while still giving the eye somewhere to travel. Put them in a row down the centre of a table, cluster them on a mantel, or stand them on a tray by a mirror where the cut panels can throw light twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colourlessness is the useful part. Clear crystal takes on whatever is around it, so the same three pieces read formal on a dressed table and quiet on a bathroom counter, and they never argue with a colour scheme. Lit, they do the thing cut crystal is for, which is turning one small flame into a great many.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48074377134185,"sku":"VE-1655","price":192.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/474A80E5-5E02-48F2-9BDD-517AF45AA2C6.jpg?v=1789656409"},{"product_id":"antique-art-nouveau-forged-three-light-candelabrum-c-1900-1925","title":"Antique Art Nouveau Forged Three-Light Candelabrum, c. 1900–1925","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA three-light candelabrum built as a growing thing. Three slender stems rise from a common root, each bent on its own line and stopped at its own height, so the three flames stand at three levels rather than in a row. The base is a splayed tripod of flattened bar drawn to a taper and finished in rounded paddle ends, crossing at the centre where the stems fold down into a fork and join it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery element is hand-worked and separately made. The stems carry hammer facets and file marks along their length and no two curves repeat. Each one ends in a thin circular drip pan of warm golden metal, brass or bronze, with a plain rolled-rim socket standing on it, and at magnification the socket is joined to the pan by a raised solder fillet that has flowed and pooled the way hand soldering does. The stems are a different and paler metal from the pans, so the piece is an assembly of dissimilar parts joined at the bench, not a casting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface carries a green patina that is grown rather than applied. On the drip pans, brass shows warm and bare in places while pale mint and turquoise corrosion sits in raised crystalline patches beside it, the uneven pattern that copper alloys make over long exposure rather than the even film a finisher would lay down. On the stems the green has rubbed through to bright metal along the outer curves and the upper faces of the feet, where hands have taken it. The piece stands square on all three feet and every socket is clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vocabulary is Art Nouveau. Whiplash stems that behave like shoots, a base that reads as a root system, asymmetry treated as the organising idea rather than a defect: this is the language of organic metalwork around the turn of the twentieth century, and it is a different language from the heavier, blockier sculptural metalwork of the mid-century, which this piece is sometimes mistaken for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction supports the reading. Soldered brass fittings on forged stems of another metal is bench practice, several parts made separately and brought together by hand, and it is not how mid-century production candle holders were built, those being welded in steel or cast in one piece. The corrosion supports it too. Raised crystalline blooms beside bare brass are accreted over decades; an applied finish goes on evenly and does not grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo maker's mark appears on any surface photographed, and that limit is worth stating plainly. An absence of a mark sets a ceiling and never a floor, so the date here rests on the combination of idiom and construction rather than on documentary evidence, which is the weaker of the two kinds of argument. On that basis it is offered as c. 1900–1925, the working life of the organic idiom in hand-wrought metal before Deco geometry displaced it. A signature would fix it, and the places to look are the underside of the base and the undersides of the three drip pans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree-light candelabrum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhiplash stems on a splayed root base, staggered heights\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForged stems with brass or bronze drip pans and sockets, soldered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAccreted green verdigris, rubbed to bright metal on the handled surfaces\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSockets\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree, sized for standard tapers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1900–1925\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone found on the surfaces examined\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 in.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase Spread\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8 in.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and stable, standing square on all three feet. Verdigris overall with bare brass showing on the pans and bright metal on the handled curves and upper faces of the feet. Solder joints intact. Sockets clear of wax. No bends, breaks, losses or repairs.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe staggered heights are what make it work. Three candles at one level is a row; three candles at three levels is a composition, and it throws light across a table instead of straight up it. Unlit, the green against the bare brass at the pans gives it the look of something recovered rather than bought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut it on a dining table, a mantel or a console where it has room to cast a shadow. It is strong enough to stand alone and odd enough that it will not sit quietly next to anything symmetrical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48075830591593,"sku":"VE-1658","price":1004.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/DD861926-9681-4BA5-B071-1BF594793CB7.jpg?v=1789681601"},{"product_id":"antique-hand-carved-wood-candlestick-green-paint-c-1880-1925","title":"Antique Hand-Carved Wood Candlestick in Green Paint, c. 1880–1925","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tall hand-carved wooden candlestick, turned and carved from a single piece and finished in a deep green enamel. The silhouette is unusual and it is most of what makes the object. A stout straight-sided cylinder runs down from the top for roughly half the height, then draws in hard to a slim waist, then flares back out into a rounded shoulder. Everything below that shoulder is ornament: a collar of deeply cut triangular lappets, a drum carved in high relief, and two more stacked bands of chip-carved lappets forming the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe top is a broad flat face with the candle socket bored straight down into the centre of it, a plain round hole rather than a turned cup. Old pale wax is still sitting down inside. The paint is chipped around the socket rim and around the outer edge of that top face, which is precisely where a candle gets pushed in and levered back out, year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe relief is the reason to own it. A bold scroll closes into a tight volute with a ribbed leaf springing out of it, and beside it a large open flower with layered rounded petals sits above a rectangular element cut with a crosshatched grid. The carving is properly undercut, the scroll tips standing clear of the ground and throwing shadow behind them. Between the motifs the background is punched with a dense field of tiny dots, a technique called matting, which a carver uses to knock the ground back so the relief reads sharply against it. It is a slow extra step and a skilled one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe green is a later coat, brushed on thick and glossy. It has flowed down into the punched dots of the matted ground, which is how you know it went on after the carving was finished. It chips at the arrises to warm reddish-brown wood underneath, and the losses run with the grain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything about the surface says hand work. The undercutting cannot come from a press or a mould, because the tool has to reach in behind the form to make it. The matted ground is punched dot by dot with a small pointed tool, and the dots sit irregularly rather than in a mechanical grid. Through the twentieth century a great deal of decorative woodwork was cut on router duplicators, which leave a regular repeating tooling signature across every copy; there is none of that here. This was carved by a person with a chisel and a punch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was also used, and not gently. The wax in the socket and the paint worn off around its rim are the record of that, and they are worth more than any amount of speculation about where it sat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ornament is worth reading carefully, because it sits in two registers at once. The scrolling foliate relief on a matted ground is the refined end of the trade, the sort of thing a trained carver does. The chip-carved lappet bands framing it above and below are simple repeating knife and chisel strokes, the plainest ornament there is. That pairing, fine relief bracketed by plain chip work, is the signature of provincial and folk carving rather than academic cabinet work, and it turns up in Northern European, Scandinavian and South and East Asian traditions alike. We do not attach it to one country on the strength of what the object itself shows, and we would rather say so than invent a birthplace for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn date, this much is solid. The carving came first and the paint came after, which the enamel sitting down inside the punched ground proves on its own. Bright saturated gloss enamel brushed on in a single heavy coat is a twentieth-century product, so the green is a refinish rather than original decoration, and the carving it covers is necessarily older than it is. Under the paint the work is chisel and punch throughout, with softened arrises and the accumulated knocks of long service before the repaint ever happened. On that reading the piece is offered as c. 1880 to 1925, repainted later in its life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form is the oldest logic in candle holding. A long shaft carries the flame up where it does the most good, and the weight and the ornament go at the bottom, where they keep the thing standing and where the eye lands when it sits on a table. Nobody has improved on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-carved turned wood candlestick\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTurned from one piece, hand-carved relief on a punched matted ground, chip-carved lappet bands, bored candle socket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardwood, warm reddish-brown where the paint has chipped\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDeep green gloss enamel, a twentieth-century refinish over the original surface\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1880–1925\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone found\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 in.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase Diameter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.75 in.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSocket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBored round socket in the flat top, sized for a standard taper\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound and stable, standing square with no splits or loose joints. The socket is intact and holds old wax residue, with the rim chipped around it. The green enamel is chipped to bare wood along the high points of the carving, at the arrises of the chip-carved bands, and around the edge of the top face, all of it honest use rather than damage. Carving crisp throughout with no losses to the relief.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrong colour and strong silhouette in one object. The green is saturated enough to hold a mantel or a console on its own, and the long bare shaft above the carved foot gives it a vertical line that most decorative objects do not have. Put a plain beeswax taper in it and leave everything else off the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also takes handling. This is painted wood that has already lived through a repaint and decades of candles, so it belongs in a room that gets used rather than a cabinet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48081970626665,"sku":"VE-1671","price":875.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/306E8255-B01F-482B-AB54-23301D2F3121.jpg?v=1789777937"},{"product_id":"vintage-signed-studio-pottery-house-candle-lantern-c-1965-1995","title":"Vintage Signed Studio Pottery House Candle Lantern, c. 1965–1995","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small house built out of flat clay slabs and glazed the colour of molasses. It stands under eight inches to the top of its chimney and it is a candle lantern, not an ornament: the windows are cut clean through the walls, the interior is open, and the chimney is hollow all the way down so the heat has somewhere to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe front is a gable with a rounded shoulder rather than a peak, and three openings run up it. The topmost is arched. The two below are rectangular and set one above the other with a thin bar of clay between them. Along each long side, tucked directly under the eaves, runs a row of four small square windows. The far gable carries two larger openings. Light from a single candle comes out of all of it at once, in a dozen directions, at a dozen different sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery opening was cut by hand with a blade while the clay was still soft. The proof is on the sills, where the tool pushed a small ridge of clay out and through as it came round, and the maker left it. The edges are not ruled and no two windows are quite the same width. The roof is one slab bent over the frame in a shallow barrel curve, with the ridge and the eave lines scored into it with a point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glaze is the other half of the object. It is an iron saturated brown that goes black where it pools in the recesses and breaks to amber, ochre and rust orange over every raised edge, corner and window frame, so that the architecture draws itself in colour. It ran heavily during the firing and gathered in the window sills as thick glossy pools. On the roof it thins over the scored lines and the ridges come up gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glaze stops in a clean wiped line above the base, which is a separate square slab projecting slightly as a plinth. That slab is left raw: a white buff stoneware with the woven texture of the canvas it was rolled on still printed across it, a scatter of dark iron flecks in the body, and a brown blush where the glaze bled at the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe signature is incised freehand into the raw base, four or five characters deep in the clay, cut while it was leather hard. Under raking light and enlargement it reads as something close to W E G A. That is offered as a reading and not as an attribution. The strokes are shallow and the canvas texture interferes with them, and no match for that mark has been found in the published studio pottery references or in a reverse image search of the piece itself, which returned nothing at all. It is a personal hand signature, not a factory stamp, and the work behind it is one of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the object itself establishes is more useful than the name. This is slab construction throughout: rolled sheets cut to size, joined at the corners, a bent roof, an applied chimney. It is the standard vocabulary of the American studio and community workshop, and it is entirely incompatible with factory production, which would have slip cast or press moulded this form in two halves and left a seam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dating rests on two pieces of positive evidence rather than on style. The first is the clay. The body is an evenly refined white buff stoneware with no coarse grog and no inclusions beyond a light scatter of iron, which is a commercially prepared bagged clay rather than a dug and processed one. The second is the firing. The glaze is fully melted, uniformly glossy and consistently oxidised over the whole piece, with no flashing, no carbon trapping and no reduction effects anywhere. That is an electric kiln. Bagged stoneware clay and the small electric kiln are together what put work like this into community studios, school programmes and home garages from the middle 1960s onward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glaze family gives a softer supporting note. An iron saturated slip glaze of this character is the type commonly built on Albany slip, the natural clay from the Hudson valley that supplied the American studio trade until the deposit closed in 1986, after which potters moved to prepared substitutes. Substitutes imitate it closely and iron glazes never went away, so this narrows nothing on its own and is not relied on here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no manufacturer mark, no country of origin and no importer label. That is exactly what a one off studio piece looks like, since studio work is outside the marking regime entirely, and so it fixes nothing in either direction. The range given below is what the clay and the firing will honestly carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1965–1995. Dated on construction and firing rather than on style. The commercially prepared white buff stoneware body and the fully oxidised, uniformly melted glaze of an electric kiln place the piece in the post war studio and community workshop era, which is the floor. The iron saturated slip glaze is of the Albany type, whose source deposit closed in 1986, which is supporting rather than determinative since substitutes followed it immediately. The absence of any factory or country of origin mark is what a one off studio piece looks like and sets no boundary of its own. A named attribution for the incised signature would narrow the range considerably\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHouse form candle lantern with rounded gable, barrel roof and hollow chimney flue\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhite buff stoneware with an iron saturated brown slip glaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSlab built throughout. Rolled sheets cut and joined at the corners, bent roof slab with scored ridge and eave lines, applied chimney open to the interior, separate projecting base slab, all window openings cut freehand with a blade in the soft clay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlaze\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlossy treacle brown running to black in the recesses and breaking amber, ochre and rust orange over every raised edge and window frame. Heavy pooling in the sills. Wiped cleanly above the base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncised hand signature on the unglazed base, four to five characters, reading approximately W E G A. Not identified. No factory stamp, mould number, label or country of origin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOpenings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree on the front gable, the uppermost arched. Two on the rear gable. Four small square windows under the eaves on each long side\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApproximately 5 in. square by 7.5 in. high to the top of the chimney\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good. No chips, cracks or restoration found. Glaze intact and unworn with the runs, pools and thin spots of the original firing left as fired. Unglazed base carries light surface scratching and a few shallow drying lines in the clay, normal for a raw slab bottom. Interior unglazed and clean. Sits flat and stable\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut a tealight in it and turn the lamps down. A dozen openings at four different scales throw a pattern that moves on the wall behind it, and because the windows are hand cut and uneven the pattern never resolves into anything regular. It is the difference between a candle in a jar and a candle in a building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlit it holds its own as a small piece of sculpture. The glaze is doing real work here, running dark in the hollows and igniting gold on every edge, which is what makes an object this size read from across a room. It wants a dark surface under it, a walnut mantel, a slate hearth, a stack of books, somewhere the brown can go warm rather than disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of a kind, signed by the hand that built it, and small enough to go anywhere. For a shop it is the piece on the counter that people pick up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67556067737705,"sku":"VE-1742","price":1094.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/01_2a774d34-31b8-4822-974e-c2b714d59e4d.jpg?v=1790560006"},{"product_id":"vintage-solid-brass-pricket-candle-holders-pair-india-c-1970-2000","title":"Vintage Solid Brass Pricket Candle Holders, Pair, India, c. 1970–2000","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of solid brass pricket candle holders, each a wide shallow bowl carried on a turned baluster stem over a stepped circular foot, with a sharp central spike standing in the middle of the bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowls are broad and generously dished, edged all round with a fine applied beaded wire that catches the light against the darker field of the metal. The pricket at the centre is a slim tapered spike rising from a small collar, made to be driven up into the base of a pillar candle so the candle stands without a cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stems are turned in a full baluster, swelling low and drawing in under the bowl, and they meet a domed foot stepped in two tiers with a second band of beading run round the upper step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is the best part of them. Both are uncleaned and have gone to a deep smoky brown and near black across the bowls, broken by a soft yellow green bloom across the stems and the feet where the metal has oxidised unevenly. It is the mottled, dusty patina that only time gives brass, and it looks considerably more expensive than a polished pair would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth feet are covered underneath in a black felt pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne foot retains its original gold foil label. The foil is torn across the upper left corner so the company name is lost, but what survives reads clearly: a script Solid Brass, the word CO. below it, and MADE IN INDIA beneath that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat label is the piece of evidence worth having, and it does two things. It confirms the metal, which matters on candle holders because a great many are brass plated over a base metal and will not take a polish twice. And it confirms an export origin, because a country of origin in English on an adhesive foil label is a mark applied for a foreign market rather than a domestic one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndian brassware was exported to the American and European giftware trade in very large quantities through the later decades of the last century, and the gold foil adhesive label of this type is the convention of that trade. Earlier brass was stamped or impressed rather than labelled. The felt covered feet belong to the same manufacturing habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe form itself is older than the object. A pricket, a spike rather than a socket, is the oldest way of holding a candle and it belongs to ecclesiastical and hall lighting that long predates the domestic candlestick. What is offered here is that traditional form made for modern pillar candles, which is a sensible piece of design rather than a pretence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo other mark, stamp or number is present, and that absence gives an outer limit rather than a starting point, so the range below is deliberately left wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1970–2000. Dated from the label and construction. The gold foil adhesive label reading Solid Brass and MADE IN INDIA is the convention of the later twentieth century export giftware trade rather than the stamped or impressed marking of earlier brass, and the factory applied felt foot covering belongs to the same production. No other mark is present, and that absence gives an outer limit only\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed. The company name on the surviving label is lost where the foil has torn\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIndia, per the foil label\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePricket candle holders. Wide dished bowl with a central spike, turned baluster stem, two tier stepped circular foot. Made for pillar candles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolid brass, per the label. Black felt pads to both feet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApplied beaded wire to the bowl rim and to the upper step of each foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGold foil label to one foot reading Solid Brass, CO., MADE IN INDIA, torn across the upper left corner\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSold as a pair\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEach approximately 6 in. across the bowl by 5.5 in. high\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good. Both sound and heavy with no dents, splits, cracks or repairs found. Bowls true and the beaded rims complete all round. Both prickets straight, firm and sharp. Stems tight to the feet with no movement. Heavy uncleaned tarnish and verdigris bloom throughout, offered as found so the buyer can polish or keep the patina. Felt pads present on both, worn and dusty. Small variations between the two in the dish of the bowl and the turning of the stem, as hand finishing leaves\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pricket takes the candle most people already own. Pillar candles are what sit on mantels and dining tables now, and they usually end up on a plate or a slice of wood because nothing holds them properly. These hold them properly, at a height that lets the flame sit above a table setting rather than in the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey also have the two things that make candle holders work as objects in their own right, which is weight and a wide foot. Nothing about them feels light, and nothing about them tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patina is the argument for buying them as they are. Dark mottled brass with a green bloom reads as age against oak, walnut, marble, linen and plaster in a way that bright polished brass never does, and a pair gives a mantel or a long table the symmetry a single piece cannot. Polished up they become something else entirely, warm and reflective, and that choice belongs to whoever buys them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67558720176233,"sku":"VE-1763","price":394.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/01_e8f1ebba-5d4c-406e-8b20-d3c47a4efa37.jpg?v=1790588183"},{"product_id":"antique-forged-wrought-iron-pricket-candle-holders-pair-c-1870-1910","title":"Antique Forged Wrought Iron Pricket Candle Holders, Pair, c. 1870–1910","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of hand forged wrought iron candle holders, each a wide shallow pan carried low over a flat spiral scroll, with a short pricket spike standing in the centre of the pan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scroll is the whole design. A length of bar has been drawn out, tapered, and coiled into a flat spiral of about a turn and a half that lies down on the table, then swept up and over to carry the pan. It works as foot, stem and counterweight at once, and it means the candle sits low and wide rather than up on a stalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pans are shallow saucers, generously proportioned against the height of the piece, so they catch drips properly instead of decoratively. The pricket at the centre of each is short and blunt, meant to take a pillar or a thick taper pushed down onto it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe forging shows everywhere. Hammer facets run along the bar, the section is oval and slightly faceted rather than true round, the taper thins unevenly the way a drawn bar does, and the two scrolls are close but not identical, one curling a little tighter than the other with the terminals sitting at different angles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth carry old candle wax around the spike, pale and hardened into the corrosion, and the two have aged differently: one has gone a warm brown with an olive cast, the other a colder dark grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are entirely hand work, and two details carry the date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first is the joint at the spike. The shank does not sit in a drilled socket and it is not brazed or riveted with a separate rivet. It passes up through the pan and the end of it has been upset, split, and the two halves folded down and peened flat against the metal, so the displaced iron stands in a rosette around the hole. That is a split tenon set hot on an anvil, and it is a joint a smith makes because he has a fire and a hammer, not one a shop makes because it is quick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second is what the split reveals. The tongues have torn open along a stringy, laminated grain rather than shearing clean, and the same longitudinal fibre shows on the outer curve of the scrolls. That is wrought iron, with its slag stringers running the length of the bar. It is not mild steel, which splits with a clean face and shows no fibre at all. Wrought iron was the ordinary smith's bar through the nineteenth century, was displaced by cheap mild steel from the 1880s onward, and by the 1910s a shop working from stock was using steel. Fibrous wrought iron in a domestic object is therefore a real ceiling, not a guess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pans agree. The undersides show shallow overlapping planishing facets and the rim varies in thickness and runs slightly out of true around its circumference. A spun pan carries concentric tool rings and a dead true rim; a pressed pan is of uniform thickness with a sharp even edge. These have neither. They were raised by hammer over a stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaken together that is a smith making a working object from wrought bar for household use, in an era when candles were still the light in the room. It is not a revival piece. Arts and Crafts ironwork of the early twentieth century advertises itself, with heavy stock, hammer texture left deliberately coarse as a style statement, and applied riveted collars. There is none of that here. These are plain, thin, economical and quick, and the hammer work is functional rather than expressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo maker's mark, stamp or label is present on either piece, which is expected for country smith work and gives an outer limit rather than a starting point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA correction is owed. These were first catalogued at c. 1920 to 1970 on a reading that the pans were machine formed and that the spike joint could not be resolved under the wax. Both readings were wrong. Close examination of the joint and of the pan undersides shows hand raising and a hot split tenon in fibrous wrought iron, and the date has been moved back accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1870–1910. Dated from construction and material. The spike is a split tenon, upset and peened hot through the pan, and the split has opened along a fibrous laminated grain that identifies the bar as wrought iron rather than mild steel. Mild steel displaced wrought iron as the general smith's stock from the 1880s onward and had replaced it by the 1910s, which sets the ceiling. The pans are hammer raised over a stake with overlapping planishing facets and an untrue rim, with no spinning rings or pressing marks. No mark or label is present, and that absence gives an outer limit only\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed smith work. No mark found\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLow pricket candle holders. Hammer raised circular drip pan with a central spike, carried on a tapered bar coiled into a flat spiral scroll foot\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWrought iron, hand forged throughout\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuantity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSold as a pair. Close but not identical, as hand work is\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEach approximately 7 in. long by 5 in. across the pan by 4 in. high\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good honest condition, offered as found. Both sound and heavy with no cracks, breaks or repairs. Scrolls true and both sit flat without rocking. Pans undented, prickets straight and firm. Old hardened candle wax around both spikes and light surface corrosion throughout. Differing patina between the two, one warm brown, the other dark grey. Not cleaned, wire brushed or waxed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost candle holders lift the flame up. These put it down, which is a different and more useful thing. Low light on a dining table lets people see each other over it rather than around it, and on a mantel, a hearth or a windowsill a low flame reads as warmth instead of ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scroll gives them a shadow, and that is the part worth paying for. Lit from above or beside, the flat spiral throws a curl of shadow across whatever they stand on, so the object keeps working when the candle is out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack iron is the easiest material in the house to place. It sits against oak, walnut, stone, plaster, linen and brick without needing anything to mediate, and a pair gives a surface symmetry that a single piece cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat separates these from the forged iron a shop can buy new is that they are wrought iron, hand raised and hot joined, made when a candle was the light and not the mood. For a dealer that is a pair you can catalogue as antique and defend on the object itself, which is a different conversation from selling atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67558796066921,"sku":"VE-1767","price":569.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/01_5c702d3d-81f2-46f1-86f9-8c06d20679b0.jpg?v=1790592168"}],"url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/collections\/candle-holders.oembed?page=2","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}