Candelabrum

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German

porcelain ca. 1725, mounts 1745–49

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Title: Candelabrum
Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Date: porcelain ca. 1725, mounts 1745–49
Culture: German, Meissen with French mounts
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze
Dimensions: Height: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Object Number: 1974.356.400
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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