Ruskin Pottery Pair of Pink Glazed Candlesticks

This pair of candy pink ceramic candlesticks were made by the famed English maker, Ruskin Pottery. The pair feature a wide flared foot and long slender neck which support the candle wells, designed for taper candles. The pair are marked to the base for manufacture by Ruskin Pottery and the date mark for 1910, indicating these were crafted during the Edwardian period. The pair are in excellent condition with very minor signs of wear and no apparent chips or cracks to the body. To the underside of one of the pieces is hairline 'firing crack' which is from the time of manufacture and not later damage. One of the candlesticks is ever so slightly taller than the other, by perhaps half a centimetre, however this is only noticeable when the pair are placed directly next to each other. Manufactured near Birmingham, Ruskin Pottery is a perfect example of Arts & Crafts period design, with the pieces designed by Edward R. Taylor and his son William Howson Taylor. Remarkably after Ruskin was closed in the 1930s, William Howson Taylor destroyed his glaze records so that pieces could not be replicated. A gorgeous example of Arts & Crafts ceramic candlesticks which are just as useable today as they were in 1910.

Marked - 'RUSKIN POTTERY 1910'

Measure - 16.5cm H