Albino Candlestick - 16.5 cm Height - Handcrafted in Italy - PewterThis single pewter candlestick is the taller and more elegant of the Albino pair of candlesticks. Made from the highest quality Italian pewter, it is hand crafted by artisans in Lombardy, northern Italy. Candlelight alone can emit that special warm glow and sense of intimacy into a home, which cannot always be achieved with electric light, particularly in the winter months, when the comfortable cosiness of a candlelit room evokes a sense of being safe

or in isolation

and the oval shape distinguishes it from the usual rounded-shaped plates

Ref: CT039441

complete with a pretty carved detail for drainage

yet at the same time

reverently reproduced by the highly skilled pewterers in the Cosi Tabellini workshop

Ref: CT0133201

They were first located outside the door

Ice pails were very fashionable amongst the nobility and aristocracy throughout Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Materials Used: Britannia Metal (Pewter)

it fulfils its purpose in protecting the tabletop from mess

resting in slight recesses within a pewter dish on either side of her