Hand Painted Keramika Red Ware Handled Dish w Open Pierced Hearts

Hi All,

Hoping someone can recognize the mark on this double handled hand painted small pot. Its open hearts are quite unique - wondering what it was used for. Any ideas?

It has a unique incised/inscribed mark in a rectangle - what looks to be a tree with two K's (the fist one backward) joined by an upside down arch that might be a C.

It is also marked "Hand Made" with smaller letters underneath that I can't read.

Below that is "Keramika" with another line underneath that I can't read. Probably from the Slovakia or Latvi a region.

Any help solving this mystery would be much appreciated.

TIA
Kathy

 

Would this have held a glass insert for drinking out of, like Russian tea glasses? What's the size?

 

It stands 3-5/8" tall. Measures 5" across the top not including handles. 4-1/4" across the bottom. Wonder if it could be a votive candle holder - maybe with a glass insert as Bronwen suggests. What do you think?

 

Found two possibilities. Klikovská keramika or katarina Klestincova KK Keramicka both in Slovakia. Could it be one of these?

 

https://www.facebook.com/pg/KK-Keramika-125419864917237/shop/?ref=page_internal

Here's a link to one. Cannot find a photo of their mark.

 

https://www.trebonsko.cz/klikovska-keramika
No tree.

 

Doesn't help (me) much, but:



So, too large for a tea glass. Candle holder a good suggestion.

Edit: Maybe CERAMIC is the next word?