Candlestick

Manufactory Vincennes Manufactory French

ca. 1745–50

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Title: Candlestick
Manufactory: Vincennes Manufactory (French, ca. 1740–1756)
Date: ca. 1745–50
Culture: French, Vincennes
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions: 4 3/16 × 2 1/4 in. (10.6 × 5.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
Object Number: 54.147.27
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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