Antique Votive Holder Home Altar Cast Brass / Ruby Glass / Stone From Portugal

Found in an estate liquidation on Madeira Island Portugal. Antique, Home Altar / Shrine, 19th Century votive candle holder.

Sturdy organic style cast brass branches with attached leaves support two rings on chains that still retain the original ruby glass candle cups, designed to hold votives. Mounted on some kind of stone composite base, it has survived with all details intact. It stands a tad shy of 12 inches tall and measures 9 1/2 inches across, candle cup edge to candle cup edge. The base is 4 1/2 inches in diameter. All the metal components are heavily tarnished with no chips or cracks in the base.

One cup has a few teeny bites on the rim only, no chips or cracks. This is coming directly from a Portuguese families home altar where it had been used for generations as a beacon of veneration in front of a Fatima image.