Q: I have a pair of wine-colored candleholders, each with a square mark with lines through it. The candleholders are 6 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide. One of them has a small nick at the point. Can you tell me who made them and when they were made?

 

A: The mark on your candleholders was used by Van Briggle Pottery of Colorado Springs, Colo. The company was founded by Artus Van Briggle in 1901. He died in 1904, and his wife took over management of the pottery. In 1969 Kenneth Stevenson, one of the pottery's employees, took over the company. He died in 1990, and his wife, Bertha, and son, Craig, then ran the pottery. Bertha died in 2010 and Craig is trying to sell the company. The mark on your candleholders doesn't include the name "Van Briggle," so the candleholders were made before 1920.

 

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