a vintage pair of Portuguese majolica candleholders in the form of a water Lilly and lily pad by Bordalo Pinheiro.
width.. 130mm x height 100 mm
Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (21 March 1846 – 23 January 1905; was a Portuguese artist known for his illustration, caricatures, sculpture, and ceramics designs.
In 1885, he founded a ceramics factory in Caldas da Rainha , Portugal. Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro was responsible for the pottery designs, the technical and artistic aspects at the factory, his brother Feliciano Bordallo Pinheiro was in charge of the organizational aspects of the factory. Rafael developed pieces of great technical, artistic and creative quality consisting of painted tiles, panels, pots, table centerpieces, vase busts, fountain basins, pitchers, plates, perfume bottles, vases and gigantic animals, etc.
the factory is still in production today.
