Copper Clay Salinas Candlesticks



  • locally foraged micaceous ceramic clay
  • pit fired
  • stone polished
  • 1600’s design
  • handmade by Camilla Trujillo in Española, New Mexico

Sold as a set.

The Salinas Candleholders are a design based on found pottery from archeological digs in Eastern, New Mexico. Designs date back to the Spanish Colonial Missions of the 1600’s.

Because modern brick kilns were not yet in New Mexico, pieces were given a stone polish finish with no glaze.