the high-scoring go-with

I recently had the opportunity to increase quantity on one of my favorite Wexford go-withs, the Cambridge peg votive by HOMCO, which first discussed here.

And I do mean increase, one dozen yesterday and another four are scheduled for today.

While I’ve recently developed the appreciation for go-withs also made by Anchor Hocking, they didn’t – to my knowledge – make any peg votives. Imuch prefer an obscured LED tealight over an LED taper. I enjoy the flickering light that LED candles produce, but I’d rather not see the hard plastic flame.

It breaks the illusion.

The Cambridge peg votive strongly resembles pieces by Anchor Hocking in the Pineapple pattern. It includes a pressed grid pattern that speaks to the large diamond grid of Wexford.

Additionally, the peg votive caps off with a satisfying scalloped edge, mimicking the rim of some of my favorite Wexford pieces.

Now, to the deep drive that I love so much: the scallop count on the Cambridge peg votive is six, which matches the side count for both six-sided bud vases, allowing for a satisfying visual alignment (which I misaligned on the shorter bud vase in the photo above 😬).

The scalloped candle bowl isn’t quite as clean. It has twelve scallops on its rim, which allows each peg votive scallop to line up with every other scallop on the bowl.

That is still enough to let the peg votive and bowl look like they belong together.

That leaves me with these two monsters.

I’ve developed a taste for Hollywood Regency pieces that Frakenstein Wexford pieces into their designs. When I found these, I thought I would be altering them, maybe drilling and inserting some five inch scalloped bowls below the candle cup, but the peg votives might prove enough to tie these candlesticks into my Wexford collection.

These are, after all, go-withs, not lookalikes. 😉