Pair of Elephants Mounted as Candlesticks
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Probably
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Probably
content: Peter Reinicke, German, 1715 - 1768
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pair of porcelain elephants mounted as candlesticks (parts a and c) with covers (parts b and d). Standing Elephants with dark gray raised trunks, white tusks; skin painted with short gray lines, denser on backs. Each elephant on a scrolled gilt bronze base with attached urn-shaped, handled nozzle on a fringed cushion resting on animal's back. Each circular cover, with finial of curling leaves and tendrils, fits snuggly into nozzle.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
label: Place
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1964-8-1-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: candlesticks
label: Type
content: candlesticks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, bronze, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a,b): 15.5 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (c,d): 15.3 x 12 x 7.2 cm (6 x 4 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)