{"product_id":"vernons-all-night-glow-monster-lanterns","title":"Vernon's Handmade Halloween Lanterns","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n.prod-wrapper { max-width: 900px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; padding: 0 16px 48px !important; font-family: \"Poppins\", -apple-system, \"Segoe UI\", Arial, sans-serif !important; color: #241A12 !important; line-height: 1.65 !important; }\n.prod-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-wrapper p { margin: 0 0 14px !important; font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.65 !important; }\n.prod-wrapper h2 { font-size: 26px !important; font-weight: 700 !important; color: #7A2E0B !important; margin: 40px 0 16px !important; line-height: 1.25 !important; }\n.prod-wrapper h3 { font-size: 18px !important; font-weight: 600 !important; color: #241A12 !important; margin: 0 0 8px !important; line-height: 1.3 !important; }\n.prod-wrapper strong { font-weight: 600 !important; color: #241A12 !important; }\n.prod-hero { background: #241A12 !important; 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}\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-hero-icon\" style=\"color:#E0A020 !important;\"\u003e🎃\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"color:#FBF5EA !important;\"\u003eFired in Zanesville, Ohio — the Clay City\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-hero-sub\" style=\"color:#E4D2B8 !important;\"\u003eVernon Kesler, 71, has been firing monster lanterns in a kiln he built himself in 1981. In March the arch cracked. What came out of the last firing is all there will ever be: \u003cstrong style=\"color:#FBF5EA !important;\"\u003e194 pieces.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I didn’t make these to scare anybody. I made them so there’d be something warm on the rail at nine o’clock, when the last little ones come through.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-by\"\u003e— Vernon Kesler, potter, Zanesville, Ohio · 43 Octobers at the same bench\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat arrives at your door\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🏺\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOne Lantern\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-pressed stoneware, your choice of face\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🔮\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Chimney Lid\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLifts off by the stem, vents the flame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🕯\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eStandard Tealight Fit\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTakes any ordinary tealight you already own\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e📜\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eVernon’s Card\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of the kiln, in the box\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSix things that go into every piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🗿\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Zanesville Clay Body\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStoneware cut with grog — ground fired clay mixed back in. It lets the wall move with the heat instead of splitting, which is why a live flame can burn inside on a cold night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🔥\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Cone-6 Fire\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFired to 2,232 °F, hot enough to vitrify. That is the line between stoneware and ordinary decor pottery: the clay closes up, stops drinking water, and frost has nothing to get into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e💨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Chimney Lid\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot a decoration. Heat leaves through the stem opening and pulls fresh air in through the eyes — so the wick burns clean and steady for hours instead of smoking itself out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e👁\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Two-Cone Cut\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe eyes are cut on an angle from the inside out, so the light leaves as two soft cones and lands on the wall behind. A straight-drilled hole throws a flat dot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e👍\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Thumb-Pressed Face\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo molds, no casting slip, no seam lines down the cheeks. Every face is pressed and cut by hand in soft clay — which is why no two in the crowd are alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e✨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Iron Speckle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe freckling in the glaze is iron in the raw clay coming up through the fire. It cannot chip off, because it is not sitting on the surface — it is the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-label\" style=\"color:#E0A020 !important;\"\u003eAn outside opinion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-quote\" style=\"color:#FBF5EA !important;\"\u003e“Most seasonal ceramic you find in a store is low-fired earthenware with a decorative glaze over it — porous, and genuinely not built for an open flame or an outdoor night. What Vernon is doing is different in a way you can measure: a grogged stoneware body taken to cone 6, with a vent path designed into the lid. That is a functional lantern that happens to be beautiful, not a beautiful object that tolerates a candle. I would expect one of his to outlive the person who buys it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-name\" style=\"color:#E4D2B8 !important;\"\u003e— Marianne Osgood, ceramics instructor, Muskingum Valley Clay Guild\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe crowd — seven faces\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-colors\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#D9701F !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eJack-o’-Lantern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#6B3A14 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWicked Pumpkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#3A2418 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWitch’s Hat Pumpkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#1E1A18 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBlack Cat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#D8CBB0 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Mummy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#E8E0D2 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Ghost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#CFC4AE !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Skull\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏡 Front porch rail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎃 Halloween night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🍂 Fall mantel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🍴 Autumn table\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 Gift for a collector\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏠 Cottagecore decor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e👶 Kids who scare easily\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e📚 Bookshelf all year\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow you can tell it is one of Vernon’s\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo seam lines.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cast pieces have a ridge down both cheeks. Hand-pressed ones do not.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt has weight.\u003c\/strong\u003e Vitrified stoneware sits heavy in the hand and rings when you tap the rim.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe lid lifts off.\u003c\/strong\u003e A working chimney, not a molded-on cap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe speckles are in the glaze, not on it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Run a thumb over them — they are perfectly smooth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYours is not quite like anyone else’s.\u003c\/strong\u003e Same face, different expression. That is the hand, not a defect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e30-Day Money-Back Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut a candle in it. If it is not what you hoped for, send it back within 30 days for a full refund — one email is all it takes. Vernon would rather have it back than have it sit in a cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHandmade, so expect variation.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every face is pressed by hand and every glaze runs a little differently in the fire. Small differences in expression, speckle and tone are the point of it, not a flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCandle sense.\u003c\/strong\u003e Made for a standard tealight in its metal cup. Set it on a heat-tolerant surface, keep it clear of curtains and dry leaves, and never leave an open flame unattended. For an unattended porch, a battery tealight works in it too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGrogged stoneware, fired to cone 6 (2,232 °F)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFood-safe glaze with natural iron speckle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 lantern, removable chimney lid, story card\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoughly the height of a coffee mug — tabletop and rail scale\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFaces\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7 — Jack-o’-Lantern, Wicked Pumpkin, Witch’s Hat Pumpkin, Black Cat, Mummy, Ghost, Skull\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCandle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStandard tealight (not included); battery tealights fit too\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlacement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePorch, mantel, shelf, table — frost-safe outdoors, covered spots preferred\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWipe clean; lift the lid and brush out the wax cup between candles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZanesville, Ohio — hand-pressed and single-fired by Vernon Kesler\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRemaining\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e194 pieces from the final firing. The kiln cannot be fired again.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Vernon Kesler","offers":[{"title":"Jack-o'-Lantern","offer_id":59050439573852,"sku":"BRG-MONST-JOL","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Wicked Pumpkin","offer_id":59050439606620,"sku":"BRG-MONST-WKP","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Witch's Hat Pumpkin","offer_id":59050439639388,"sku":"BRG-MONST-WHP","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Cat","offer_id":59050439672156,"sku":"BRG-MONST-CAT","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"The Mummy","offer_id":59050439704924,"sku":"BRG-MONST-MUM","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"The Ghost","offer_id":59050439737692,"sku":"BRG-MONST-GHO","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"The Skull","offer_id":59050439770460,"sku":"BRG-MONST-SKL","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/hf_20260908_090609_f5be711b-85de-4125-ac08-d11a76198519.png?v=1788859212","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/vernons-all-night-glow-monster-lanterns","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}