Vintage Studio Pottery Ceramic Lotus Tea Light Holders Set of 4 Candlesticks
£35.00
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Vintage Studio Pottery Ceramic Lotus Tea Light Holders Set of 4 Candlesticks
£35.00
Item Overview
• Type: Open Bloom Tea Light Holders
• Designer: Artisan Studio Potter
• Brand: Unbranded
• Manufacturer: Independent Studio Pottery Craft Workshop
• Place of Origin: Great Britain (UK Artistry)
• Style: Rustic Mid-Century Wabi-Sabi / Brutalist Organic
• Colour: Oatmeal Cream / Toast Brown Mottled Rim
• Design Era: 1970s / 1980s Vintage Retro
• Material: Coarse Speckled Stoneware / Reactive Glaze
• Set Includes: Matching Set of 4 Candle Holders
• Features: Hand-Thrown Detailing, Pierced Teardrop Petal Cut-outs, Multi-tiered Sculpted Points
• Condition: Excellent Vintage Condition
• Size and capacity: Each individual piece securely fits a standard tea light or small votive candle (Please check gallery images for detailed scale and proportions)
Dating & Historical Context
• Dating: This premium set dates precisely to the late 1970s or early 1980s. The tactile, iron-speckled stoneware clay body, heavy hand-thrown concentric base ridges, and reactive toast-brown edging are definitive diagnostic markers of the British studio pottery revival era.
• Historical Note: Handcrafted by an independent master craftsman, this architectural set masterfully highlights the organic textures celebrated in mid-century Brutalist and folk-art ceramics. Instead of opting for uniform factory precision, the potter selectively used hand-pierced teardrop openings to alter how illumination disperses. When a candle is lit, these strategic geometric vents channel shadows outward, replicating the tranquil symmetry of a blooming lotus flower. This structural approach bridges the gap between functional table illumination and sculptural earthware art.
• Dating: This premium set dates precisely to the late 1970s or early 1980s. The tactile, iron-speckled stoneware clay body, heavy hand-thrown concentric base ridges, and reactive toast-brown edging are definitive diagnostic markers of the British studio pottery revival era.
• Historical Note: Handcrafted by an independent master craftsman, this architectural set masterfully highlights the organic textures celebrated in mid-century Brutalist and folk-art ceramics. Instead of opting for uniform factory precision, the potter selectively used hand-pierced teardrop openings to alter how illumination disperses. When a candle is lit, these strategic geometric vents channel shadows outward, replicating the tranquil symmetry of a blooming lotus flower. This structural approach bridges the gap between functional table illumination and sculptural earthware art.
Description
A highly unique and beautifully preserved set of four vintage studio pottery candle holders, showcasing exceptional tactile depth. Hand-sculpted into multi-tiered floral forms, these heavy stoneware pieces feature sweeping, sharp petals that rise elegantly around a central candle basin.
A highly unique and beautifully preserved set of four vintage studio pottery candle holders, showcasing exceptional tactile depth. Hand-sculpted into multi-tiered floral forms, these heavy stoneware pieces feature sweeping, sharp petals that rise elegantly around a central candle basin.
Expert Identification & Design Features:
• Reactive Glaze Palette: Finished in a soft, satin oatmeal slip with a heavily mottled, reduction-fired brown edge that frames the silhouette beautifully.
• Pierced Luminosity: Designed with open teardrop apertures cut directly into the secondary layer of ceramic petals, casting dramatic, ambient patterns across low-lit rooms.
• Thick Stoneware Form: Thrown from a heavy-gauge, coarse sandy clay that offers substantial counter stability and excellent thermal safety when housing lit flames.
• Wabi-Sabi Appeal: Displays organic structural shifts in petal height and glaze density across all four holders, a true testament to authentic hand-thrown production lines.
• Reactive Glaze Palette: Finished in a soft, satin oatmeal slip with a heavily mottled, reduction-fired brown edge that frames the silhouette beautifully.
• Pierced Luminosity: Designed with open teardrop apertures cut directly into the secondary layer of ceramic petals, casting dramatic, ambient patterns across low-lit rooms.
• Thick Stoneware Form: Thrown from a heavy-gauge, coarse sandy clay that offers substantial counter stability and excellent thermal safety when housing lit flames.
• Wabi-Sabi Appeal: Displays organic structural shifts in petal height and glaze density across all four holders, a true testament to authentic hand-thrown production lines.
Condition Report
This set is in excellent vintage condition. It has been incredibly well-preserved across decades, showing no structural cracks, deep chips, or historic repairs along the pointed petal tips or bases. The interior slip and external glaze fields are remarkably clean, completely free from persistent wax residue, black smoke scorching, or thermal crazing. The undersides showcase clean, unglazed stoneware clay footprints with flat, wobble-free profiles that rest perfectly level on flat surfaces. (Please see the detailed gallery images for a closer look at the surface textures).
This set is in excellent vintage condition. It has been incredibly well-preserved across decades, showing no structural cracks, deep chips, or historic repairs along the pointed petal tips or bases. The interior slip and external glaze fields are remarkably clean, completely free from persistent wax residue, black smoke scorching, or thermal crazing. The undersides showcase clean, unglazed stoneware clay footprints with flat, wobble-free profiles that rest perfectly level on flat surfaces. (Please see the detailed gallery images for a closer look at the surface textures).
Shipping & Logistics
• Domestic Shipping: FREE UK TRACKED DELIVERY.
• International Shipping: We proudly ship worldwide via the eBay International Shipping (eIS) framework, featuring built-in payout protections on returns.
• Packaging: Securely double-wrapped in high-density cushioning and nested inside heavy-duty cartons to protect the multi-pointed ceramic tips from structural shocks during transit.
• Dispatch: Order before 12.00pm and we ship sameday.
• Domestic Shipping: FREE UK TRACKED DELIVERY.
• International Shipping: We proudly ship worldwide via the eBay International Shipping (eIS) framework, featuring built-in payout protections on returns.
• Packaging: Securely double-wrapped in high-density cushioning and nested inside heavy-duty cartons to protect the multi-pointed ceramic tips from structural shocks during transit.
• Dispatch: Order before 12.00pm and we ship sameday.
Returns & Payment Policies
We want you to be delighted with your heritage find.
• Not as Described: In the unlikely event of an error in our listing, we will provide a full refund and cover the return postage costs.
• Change of Mind: We accept returns within 30 days; however, in these instances, the buyer is responsible for the return shipping costs.
• Payment: Secure checkout via eBay Managed Payments (Credit/Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal).
We want you to be delighted with your heritage find.
• Not as Described: In the unlikely event of an error in our listing, we will provide a full refund and cover the return postage costs.
• Change of Mind: We accept returns within 30 days; however, in these instances, the buyer is responsible for the return shipping costs.
• Payment: Secure checkout via eBay Managed Payments (Credit/Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal).