The Blue and White Bowl

Walk through any well-kept 18th century home in Virginia, or any museum recreating one, and you will find it: blue and white.

Blue and white porcelain arrived in colonial America by ship, imported from China through European trading companies, and English potteries soon produced their own versions to meet the demand. A blue and white bowl on the table was a small statement that a household was connected to a wider world. Families kept these pieces, repaired them, and passed them down. Many survive today for a simple reason: they were never meant to be thrown away.

That is the idea behind our Heirloom Collection.

Every Heirloom candle is hand poured into a Blue and White Bowl designed to outlive the candle inside it. When the last of the wax burns down, wash the bowl with warm soapy water and it begins its second life: a catchall by the door, a bowl for clementines, a planter for something small and green. Some customers buy a second scent just to grow the set.

How to clean your bowl

Let the remaining wax cool completely. Pop out the wick tab, scoop the soft wax with a spoon, then wash with hot water and dish soap. Never pour wax down the drain.

The bowl is why we call the collection Heirloom. The scent is the experience; the vessel is the keepsake.

More stories: Candles of Old Town Alexandria and Wheatley, the Poet Behind Our Bestseller.