Venting plate for a containerized candle

A venting apparatus for improving the stability and efficiency of the combustion flame of a containerized candle that includes a fuel source burnt in the flame, a wick and a vessel, which defines an interior thereof for enclosing the wick and fuel source and has an open mouth, and where the vessel includes sidewalls that terminate in a brim at the open mouth of the vessel,

• the venting apparatus comprising:
• a chassis and a decorative ornamentation mounted to the chassis,
• the chassis composed of a ceramic material having a thickness to thermally insulate the ornamentation from heat generated when the candle is burnt,
• the chassis includes a flat plate shaped and dimensioned to cover the open mouth of the vessel and extend over the brim, the plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and also having an exhaust vent therein for venting a flow of exhaust air from the vessel interior,
• a tubular chimney extending from the top surface of the plate around the exhaust vent for shielding the ornamentation from heat emitting from exhaust air exiting through the exhaust vent when the candle is burnt,
• a plurality of feet extending downward from the bottom surface of the plate for spacing the plate above the brim when the venting apparatus is seated atop the vessel to permit a flow of inlet air between the plate and the vessel brim, and
• an annular baffle extending downward from the bottom surface of the plate between the plurality of feet and the exhaust vent so as to extend partially downward into the open mouth of the vessel and to seat adjacent the brim of the vessel when the apparatus is seated atop the vessel for directing the flow of inlet air downward along the sidewalls of the vessel and for separating the flow of inlet air from the flow of exhaust air.