Longpi Chamberstick Candle Holder — Black Pottery

A chamberstick candle holder with a curved finger loop — the classic bedroom-to-bedroom form, rendered in serpentinite stone and clay. The wide saucer base catches drips, the central well holds a standard taper, and the loop handle gives you something to carry it by when you're walking down a dark hallway pretending it's 1847. The body has the deep matte black finish that defines Longpi, with subtle textural variation from the wood-firing process.

Longpi pottery is made by the Tangkhul tribe in the village of Longpi Khullen in the hills of Manipur, northeast India — a tradition dating back to the Neolithic period, roughly 10,000 BC. Every piece is hand-built from a paste of powdered serpentinite stone and brown clay, wood-fired, then polished with leaves from the local sahi tree to bring out the luster. No potter's wheel. No glaze.

5.5 × 2.75 in (approx. 14 × 7 cm) · 300 g (0.661 lb) · Serpentinite stone and clay · Hand-built, wood-fired, sahi leaf polished · Dishwasher safe · Handcrafted in Longpi Khullen, Manipur, India