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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Candelabras with Parrots

c. 1740
porcelain manufactured at

Meissen Porcelain Factory

(German, est. c. 1710)
porcelain modeled by

Johann Joachim Kändler

(German, 1706–1768)
Germany
porcelain mounted in gilt bronze
Part 1: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); Part 2: 29.6 x 32.1 cm (11 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1938.305
Location: Not on view
  • formerly in Sammlung Baronin Mathilde von Rothschild, Frankfurt am Main; (Herbert Pick, Amsterdam).
  • Milliken, William. "Ormolu Candelabrum by Saint-Germain." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 6 (June 1946): 83-85. Mentioned: p. 85 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 305 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 138 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 138 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 181 archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Candelabras with Parrots|url=false|author=Meissen Porcelain Factory, Johann Joachim Kändler|year=c. 1740|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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