Belleek Nadine Votive

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Belleek Nadine Votive is richly detailed and accented with shamrocks.

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Richly detailed and accented with shamrocks, Belleek's Nadine votive is shaped, painted and glazed by hand in Ireland. Resting on a delicately scalloped pedestal, the votive's bowl-shaped design opens broadly to illuminate the ceiling and walls. The warm glow of candlelight flickers over the top of a subtly scalloped and gracefully stretched rim. The votive's white outer wall is sectioned into alternating side-by-side frames. Wavy scrollwork on detailed diamond-patterned embossment in one frame offsets that best-known Irish emblem, the emerald green shamrock hand-painted on the frames adjacent. The shamrock's glossy white background accentuates the lifelike green clover, which is a symbol of health, fame, fortune-and, of course, the luck of the Irish!

Glazed all over, this piece is handmade and hand-painted on the Emerald Isle, and crafted of fine Parian China-a material developed by Belleek in the 1840s for sculpting classical figurines with crystalline translucence. The Nadine range of giftware includes votives, vases and candlesticks suitable for all occasions. The Nadine collection coordinates with Belleek's Shamrock pattern, a design created by talented basket weaver, Michael Maguire that features a meld of basketry and pottery.

Since its beginning in 1857, Belleek has been cherished by porcelain aficionados worldwide, and has been sought by royalty, heads of state and museums alike. Regarded as one of the finest crafts ever to come out of Ireland, no other porcelain compares to Belleek's ivory-hued luster. And, as with this finely crafted item, no two pieces of Belleek craftwork are ever the same. With unrivaled attention to detail, every lid; every flower; and every handle is lovingly crafted and painted by hand for an original look and feel that is uniquely Belleek. Belleek means perfection. Back in 1857, the pottery's founder, John Caldwell Bloomfield, declared that any piece with even the slightest flaw should be destroyed to ensure that only the most perfect creations become treasured keepsakes. This commitment holds fast more than 140 years later. As anyone in the Belleek Collector's International Society can attest to; every single piece of Belleek China is made using highly evolved materials and techniques handed down from generation to generation, and is a gorgeous addition to any home. --Brian Olson

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