Bring a touch of timeless mid-century holiday elegance to your table setting with this beautiful pair of ceramic taper bases. The bright white porcelain bodies showcase a gracefully flared trumpet silhouette, adorned with vibrant green holly leaves, bright red berries, festive ribbons, and a delicate hand-painted gold rim accent.
- Size: 3 inches in height by 3.5 inches wide (Measurements are close but approximate)
- Material: Ceramic / Porcelain
- Decade: 1960s
- Style: Traditional Holiday / Grandmillennial
- Condition: Good condition with a smooth glossy finish, vibrant transfer graphics, and the gold trim entirely bright and intact
- Extra notes: The undersides retain the classic identification marks verifying their origin from the famous Lefton company imports.
The George Zoltan Lefton Company, founded in Chicago in 1941, earned a massive reputation for importing high-quality Japanese porcelain giftware to postwar America. Their extensive seasonal tabletop collections became cherished household mainstays, eagerly brought out year after year to establish warm family traditions. This specific trumpet-shaped candlestick design provides an elegant, sturdy base for standard taper candles, creating an inviting glow for formal dinner gatherings or mantle arrangements. This matching pair stands as a wonderful piece of mid-century holiday nostalgia, serving as a lovely accent for a festive dining room centerpiece, a holiday mantle display, or a winter table setting.