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Three-light Candelabrum

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Dateca. 1750

Mediumgilt bronze, porcelain

Dimensions22 1/2 x 19 x 12 3/4 in. (57.2 x 48.3 x 32.4 cm.)

DescriptionThis candelabrum, one of a pair, is in the shape of a polychrome bird, which is mounted with gilt bronze candleholders.

SignedDuveen label: 28368/2 Underside of porcelain marked with crossed swords in underglaze blue Gilt bronze filed with notches and dots for assembly

MarkingsBears the crossed swords of the Meissen manufactory in the mid-18th century

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.

Label Text
The porcelain is marked with crossed swords in a form used by the Meissen factory in the mid-eighteenth century. The bitterns appear to be from models made by J.J. Kaendler in 1753. Johann Joachim Kaendler is the best-known and probably the most distinguished modeler working for the Meissen factory during the mid-eighteenth century. Kaendler was born circa 1706 and was associated with the Meissen factory from 1731 until he died in Meissen in 1775.
The practice of setting German, oriental, and other porcelain in elaborate gilt-bronze mounts was very common in France during the mid and late-eighteenth century. The style of the mounts in the present examples reflects the fully developed rococo taste of the mid-eighteenth century, suggesting they were made very shortly after the porcelain. (Handlist text)

The porcelain is marked with crossed swords in a form used by the Meissen factory in the mid-eighteenth century. The bitterns appear to be from models made in 1753 by J.J. Kaendler, the most distinguished modeler working for the Meissen factory. The practice of setting German, oriental, and other porcelain in elaborate gilt-bronze mounts was very common in France in this era. (Label text)

Status

On view

Object number27.117