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Candelabras with Parrots

c. 1740

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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

Meissen Porcelain Factory

the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden.
Provenance
formerly in Sammlung Baronin Mathilde von Rothschild, Frankfurt am Main; (Herbert Pick, Amsterdam).
Citations
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
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1938.305