Gint & Regina Sabaliauskas Lithuanian Ceramic Castle Tealight Sculptures

Pair of hand-sculpted and hand-painted ceramic castle tealight houses by Lithuanian artists Gint & Regina Sabaliauskas. Each piece is a fantastical Gothic-revival tower with conical shingled spires, crenellated battlements, arched stained-glass-style windows in deep cobalt and white drip glaze, and applied florals climbing the brickwork. One features a dramatic black witch-hat spire with a serpentine ribbon trailing down its side and an open portcullis archway; the other rises into clustered terracotta spires crowned by a sculpted rose-and-foliage finial.

Both pieces are signed with the artists' impressed G&RS mark and retain the original studio label noting "Artist From Lithuania." The interiors are hollow with open arched windows designed for tealight or low-wattage illumination.

CONDITION

Very good overall. One example has a plastic candle cup adhered inside the base; the other shows a 1/4" chip to the roof that is difficult to see in normal display. Glazes, painted detail, and applied ornament are intact across both pieces.

DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS

• Castle 1 (black spire): 12 1/4" H × 5 1/2" W × 4 1/2" D
• Castle 2 (terracotta spires): 12 1/4" H × 7" W × 3 3/4" D
• Materials: Hand-sculpted ceramic, glazed and hand-painted
• Marks: Impressed G&RS with artist cipher; original paper label for Gint & Regina Sabaliauskas, Evergreen, CO
• Designed for interior tealight illumination
• Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale