Dansk Silverplated Spiral Candle Holder, Bertil Vallien Design

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Dansk Silverplated Spiral Candle Holder Designed by Bertil Vallien. This spiral taper candle holder can also be used to hold … Read more Dansk Silverplated Spiral Candle Holder Designed by Bertil Vallien. This spiral taper candle holder can also be used to hold or display a wine bottle ~ not sure that is by design, but it works! Marked "Dansk Designs Japan BV"'.

Measures: 5" diameter x 5" tall. I was surprised that it was only 5" tall - seems like an optical illusion - I would have guessed 7".

Dansk Designs, an American Company, per Introspective Magazine: "Ironically, Dansk Designs, the tableware company practically synonymous with Danish design (“Dansk,” in fact, translates to “Danish”), was the brainchild of an American couple, Ted and Martha Nierenberg. The Nierenbergs, who founded the business in 1954, initially worked out of the garage of their Great Neck, Long Island, home and marketed their products largely in the United States. But they had a secret weapon: Jens Quistgaard. They’d discovered the Copenhagen designer on their honeymoon, which they’d spent traveling through Europe searching for top-quality goods that might form the basis of a business."

Measures: 5" diameter x 5" tall. I was surprised that it was only 5" tall - seems like an optical illusion - I would have guessed 7". See less