Pair of Candlesticks
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Each candlestick is composed of a round white column on a square plinth, and with a capital of four female heads with draped head-dresses in nature colors, under white and gold Ionic scrolls. Wreath of light green oak leaves bound with lavender-pink ribbons forms the base of column, and plinth has a border on its vertical face of flutings of the same color and gold band. Scrolls contain light green rosettes, with the same fluting motif in place of dentils. Gold edges and lines throughout. Separate candle insert.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-84-18-aa/bb
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, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: candlestick): 22.3 × 8 × 8 cm (8 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b: candlestick): 21.5 × 7.7 × 7.5 cm (8 7/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 15/16 in.)