I got this unusual candle holder at the Allegan flea market several years ago, the color is such a glorious rich green that I couldn’t resist it.
I figured it was Viking when I got it and later found it in Dean Six’s book Viking Glass 1944-1970, called the “As You Like It” convetible candlestick-epergne-center vase from 1952. The green bowl comes out from the base leaving space for a third candle stick.
The shape is the Cornucopia candle holder with round base. This is a super neat piece. The green bowl can hold flowers – it probably had a crystal frog insert originally – and the two candle cups on either side make it easy to have an instant centerpiece.
What makes the Viking items special to me is the color. They produced a true rainbow of intense colored glass. My green peg candle vase is their Evergreen color; they made several other shades of green that were lighter or more yellow toned or frosted. Evergreen is similar to Forest Green from Anchor Hocking.
Viking also made a full range of Flowerlites. These are small, low bowls with three rounded feet that one could use with or without a crystal frog insert. This ebony Flowerlite is from the early 1950s and it is stunning with its crystal frog insert.
Notice the frog center hole is much wider than the surrounding ones, it is meant to hold a candle making this a small epergne.
This is the Flowerlite without the frog. You could use it as a vase for short stemmed flowers.
Viking made similar pieces in other shapes such as oval or with different feet or without the little line of dots by the feet. All were dual use, for flower arrangements with or without candles. Viking used their array of colors to appeal to almost everyone.