Pair of candlesticks
The design of these candlesticks, with a baluster-shaped stem rising from a low domed base, was one of the most common in earlyeighteenth-century Europe and was taken from examples in silver. It is unclear whether the two candlesticks were made as part of a table or toilet service or to accompany a desk set. Few porcelain candlesticks survive, largely because of the fragility of the medium.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of candlesticks
- Manufactory: Vienna
- Factory director: Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period (1718–1744)
- Date: 1730–35
- Culture: Austrian, Vienna
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Height (each): 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
- Object Number: 1982.60.231, .232
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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