Candelabra

Aurelio Flores learned to make ceramic sculptures in his father's workshop in Izucar de Matamoros, where a large part of their production were medium-sized candelabras used by families when they announced the engagement of a young couple. This ceremony was held in front of an altar adorned with the beautiful candle holder of polychromed clay. The central figure on the front stem of the piece is the archangel, San Raphael, and other images of angels, flowers, and birds are dispersed on the projecting arms. The ceramic pieces made by Aurelio Flores in the mid-20th century were painted in subdued tones of yellow, red, green, orange, and brown, as seen in example.