Vintage Ceramic Candle Stick

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This piece is a vintage ceramic candlestick holder, hand-painted and designed in a classical style.
• Design & Form: The … Read more This piece is a vintage ceramic candlestick holder, hand-painted and designed in a classical style.
• Design & Form: The candlestick is sculpted in white ceramic with a glossy glaze. The body features a stylized dolphin or fish motif, a popular neoclassical and Rococo-inspired design element often seen in 19th- and early 20th-century ceramics. The creature coils upward, forming the stem, with its head and tail providing decorative detail at the base. The top flares out into a shallow dish-like holder for catching wax drips.
• Base & Markings: The underside reveals a raw, unglazed ceramic base rim, showing its age and firing technique. There are hand-painted marks, possibly artist’s or maker’s signatures, including stylized black calligraphy-like symbols and writing that may indicate Italian or Asian production (the style of marking looks more artisanal than factory-made). The central hole in the base suggests it could have been part of a pair or adapted for electrification at some point.
• Overall Impression: This is an elegant, decorative candlestick that reflects European neoclassical revival trends but could also be mid-20th-century studio-made. Its sculptural quality makes it a striking accent, especially for collectors of vintage ceramics See less