PAIR OF ALTAR TORCHERES – ANCIENT LIGHT IN OLD GOLD ✨🕯️

Some pieces arrive at Batalha Collection and instantly light up the memory of an old church. This pair of altar torcheres in carved and gilded wood, about 1.20 m high, breathe 18th/19th century through every detail. The sturdy tapered bases rise into elegant shafts, rhythmically carved with flutes and acanthus leaves, up to the wide drip pan where the candle once burned. I especially love the patina of the gold – that slightly worn “old gold” – quietly telling of the masses, processions and silences they have already illuminated. ✨

When I look at them, I almost hear the echo of the hymns and smell the warm wax of a Baroque chapel. Today, I imagine them flanking a console in a contemporary hall, marking a corridor with theatricality, or standing by a modern sideboard, creating that dialogue between old and new that I love so much. They are pieces of sacred art, yes, but above all sculptures of light, for those who seek character, history and a generous dose of Iberian charm at home. 🕯️❤️