Mid-Century Ceramic Candleholders by Marianne Suda subtle a large bird

a large bird

and the little bird delivers your smoke in its little beak

white on the sides

There is a scratch down the back and a fair amount of pitting

5 inches tall with lid

Mid-Century Ceramic Candleholders by Marianne Suda subtle a large birdThese geometrically patterned candleholders, c. mid 1960s, are a great example of the work of Marianne Suda, a ceramic artist born in Vienna, Austria in 1928, who Immigrated to Canada in 1954 and was based in Quebec. Suda was strongly influenced by both Danish Modern pottery and native Canadian art influences which I think wonderfully merge in these earthy and strikingly graphic hand formed candleholders. They are made of dark brown clay with cream,