Swan candelabrum (one of a pair)

Johann Joachim Kändler|Meissen Manufactory

swan, ca. 1745–50; gilt-bronze mount, ca. 1750

Swan candelabrum (one of a pair) by Johann Joachim Kändler|Meissen Manufactory

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mount

Dimensions

23 × 16 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (58.4 × 41.9 × 26 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Porcelain

Culture

German, Meissen with French mount

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019

Accession Number

2019.283.53

Tags

Swans

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