Description
This is a Christmas tealight holder drawn in iron: a length of wire bent into the outline of a fir tree, with a small glass cup for a tealight held in a ring at its centre. It stands 28.5cm tall, 18cm long and 7cm wide, and weighs 0.4KG, light enough to move from sill to shelf as the season goes on. The material is 80% iron and 20% glass: the frame, stem and foot are metal, and only the cup is glass. Because the tree is an open outline rather than a solid shape, you see through it to whatever sits behind, and the lit candle seems to float among the branches.
Its home is the Christmas season, on a mantelpiece, a sideboard or a hall console. The flat outline and 7cm width suit narrow ledges where a bushier decoration would not fit, such as a slim windowsill or the top of a radiator cover. On its own, the single flame catches the eye as you come in; grouped with paper trees, candlesticks and greenery along a sill, its open shape lets the pieces behind it show. The gold sits as happily in a traditional scheme of greens and creams as in a pared-back one.
The iron is finished with lacquer in gold, and in places the gold has a mottled, aged look, so it reads more like a treasured old decoration than a high-shine piece. The stem rises from a fluted foot, and the glass cup sits in a shallow metal ring where the stem meets the base of the tree. Glass lets the glow of a flame show through on every side. The styling props shown are not included. Set it in front of a window at dusk so the lit tealight sits against the fading light, or stand a pair at either end of a mantelpiece.
Specification
| Width |
7cm |
| Length |
18cm |
| Height |
28.5cm |
| Material |
80% Iron, 20% Glass |
| Colour |
Gold |
| Finish |
Lacquer |
| Weight |
0.4KG |
Frequently Asked
What is this tealight holder made of?
It is 80% iron and 20% glass. The tree outline, stem and foot are iron with a gold lacquer finish, and the tealight cup is glass.
How big is it?
It stands 28.5cm tall, 18cm long and 7cm wide, so it fits a slim windowsill, a mantelpiece or the top of a radiator cover.
What kind of candle does it take?
It is a tealight holder: the small glass cup at the centre of the tree is there to hold a single tealight.
How heavy is it?
It weighs 0.4KG, light enough to carry from room to room and to move along a sill as you rearrange your Christmas decorations.
Is the gold finish even all over?
Not entirely. The iron has a gold lacquer finish with a mottled, aged look in places, which gives it the character of an older decoration.