Vintage Spongeware Candle Sticks Blue and White- Candle Sticks, 9.75" tall.  Blue Spongeware by LA Potteries, N.S. Gustin Co Stipple Hand Decorated Blue Spongeware - geese and ducks were an icon of the 1980s. These spongeware bookends bring back a lot of memories growing up when country icons such as geese, spotted black cows, and spongeware was popular (and is now making a comeback).