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Hand-Painted Bavaria Porcelain Taper Candle Holder — Tirschenreuth Pink Roses & Forget-Me-Nots, 2.5″

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Early 20th Century (c. 1900s–1940s) Enamel / Painted, Gilt Very Good
HDRP-VR-0032
Some candlesticks stand tall and announce themselves. This one keeps low to the table and waits for dusk. It's a hand-painted porcelain taper holder from Tirschenreuth, the Bavarian house that's been making porcelain since 1838 — a small urn-shaped socket rising from a wide, scalloped base, the whole thing white with a soft blue-grey cast. Someone painted it by hand in the old china-painting way: clusters of pink cabbage roses, blue forget-me-nots, green foliage drifting across the base, the molded rococo scrolls picked out in pale blue and dotted with gilt. Light one taper in it at the end of the day and you'll see why it was made low. The glow sits right where you want it.
  • Maker: Tirschenreuth Porzellan (Bavaria, Germany), crown-over-shield PT backstamp reading "Bavaria / Tirschenreuth / Germany"
  • Era: First half of the 20th century — this mark is documented from 1903 onward, and the Bavaria+Germany export form places it in that window
  • Decoration: Hand-applied china painting on a Tirschenreuth blank — pink roses, blue forget-me-nots, green foliage, gilt accent dots
  • Form: Low urn-shaped socket on a wide, lobed, scalloped base with molded rococo scroll cartouches
  • Holds: One standard taper candle
  • Size: 2.5" high, 3.5" in diameter — a small, intimate candlestick
Condition: Very Good. No chips, cracks, or repairs. The socket interior is clean, the hand-painting is crisp and bright, and the gilt is intact with at most a whisper of softening. Cared-for from the start, and it shows.
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Hand-Painted Bavaria Porcelain Taper Candle Holder — Tirschenreuth Pink Roses & Forget-Me-Nots, 2.5"

Early-to-mid 20th century (mark documented from 1903)

Hand-Painted Bavarian Porcelain Candlestick

This taper candle holder was made by Tirschenreuth Porzellan, the Bavarian porcelain house founded in Tirschenreuth in 1838 and later absorbed into the Hutschenreuther group. The underside carries the factory's crown-over-shield PT backstamp, reading "Bavaria / Tirschenreuth / Germany." That crown-and-shield mark is documented from 1903 onward, and the Bavaria-and-Germany export wording places this piece in the first half of the 20th century. The porcelain itself is a factory blank; the decoration was added by hand in the china-painting tradition — pink cabbage roses, blue forget-me-nots, and green foliage drifting across a wide, scalloped base, with molded rococo scrollwork picked out in pale blue and finished with small dots of gilt.

It came to us from a North Carolina estate, from a home where small, beautiful things were kept and used rather than shut away. Standing just two and a half inches tall, it was made to sit low — at a bedside, on a dressing table — so the light of a single taper falls close and warm rather than high overhead. A candlestick like this belongs to the quiet hour at the end of the day, the small ceremony of striking one match and turning the rest of the lamps down.

Materials White porcelain with a soft blue-grey tint, hand-painted florals, molded rococo scrollwork, and gilt accents. Made by Tirschenreuth, Bavaria, Germany.
Care Dust with a soft, dry cloth. Wash by hand in mild soapy water; avoid soaking, dishwashers, and abrasives. Remove wax gently once softened. Keep the gilt away from microwaves.
From the Research Archives
vintagerose.us Catalog No. HDRP-VR-0032 • July 2026

Specifications

Dimensions
8 × 6 × 6 in
Weight
2 lbs
SKU
HDRP-VR-0032
There's a particular kind of quiet that comes at the end of the day, when the overhead lights feel like too much and a single flame feels like exactly enough. This little candlestick was made for that hour. It stands just two and a half inches tall — a low urn-shaped socket on a wide, scalloped base — so the light it throws sits close and warm, right at the level of a bedside table or a dressing table, not up near the ceiling where tall tapers send it. The porcelain came out of Tirschenreuth, a Bavarian house founded in 1838 and later folded into the Hutschenreuther group. The underside carries their crown-over-shield PT mark — "Bavaria / Tirschenreuth / Germany" — the export form that places it in the first half of the last century. The body is white with a soft blue-grey tint, and the rim is molded with rococo scroll cartouches, the kind of small architectural flourish that rewards a second look. Then came the painting, done by hand in the china-painting tradition: pink cabbage roses in full bloom, blue forget-me-nots scattered among them, green foliage tying it all together. The molded scrolls are picked out in pale blue, and here and there a dot of gilt catches whatever light is going. Whoever owned it before clearly lit candles in it and clearly took care of it. That's the best combination — a piece that was used the way it was meant to be, and kept well while it happened. Strike a match, set one taper in the socket, turn the rest of the lamps down, and you've got a small ceremony that costs nothing and settles everything. A candle like this is how you keep the appointment.
  • Maker: Tirschenreuth Porzellan (Bavaria, Germany), crown-over-shield PT backstamp reading "Bavaria / Tirschenreuth / Germany"
  • Era: First half of the 20th century — this mark is documented from 1903 onward, and the Bavaria+Germany export form places it in that window
  • Decoration: Hand-applied china painting on a Tirschenreuth blank — pink roses, blue forget-me-nots, green foliage, gilt accent dots
  • Form: Low urn-shaped socket on a wide, lobed, scalloped base with molded rococo scroll cartouches
  • Holds: One standard taper candle
  • Size: 2.5" high, 3.5" in diameter — a small, intimate candlestick
Condition: Very Good. No chips, cracks, or repairs. The socket interior is clean, the hand-painting is crisp and bright, and the gilt is intact with at most a whisper of softening. Cared-for from the start, and it shows.

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