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A Pair of Three-Flame Meissen Candlesticks
Ref: 2385
A Pair of Three-Flame Meissen Candlesticks
Ref: 2385
A Pair of Three-Flame Meissen Candlesticks
Circa 1750
Porcelain Gilded Bronze
28 x 27 x 20 cm (11 x 10⁵/₈ inches)
Porcelain Gilded Bronze
28 x 27 x 20 cm (11 x 10⁵/₈ inches)
Literature: F. J. B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Vol. II, Metropolitan Museum of Art, n.p. 1966, pp. 458–459.
Helmuth Gröger: Johann Joachim Kaendler. The Master of Porcelain. On the 250th Anniversary of His Birth Year, Jess Verlag, Dresden 1956
Helmuth Gröger: Johann Joachim Kaendler. The Master of Porcelain. On the 250th Anniversary of His Birth Year, Jess Verlag, Dresden 1956
Description: Bronze: Paris, circa 1750
Porcelain: Meissen, circa 1750
Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (Fischbach 1706 – 1775 Meissen)
Gilded and chased bronze
Metal foliage painted green, very slight chips to the flowers
Cavalier in a white coat, lady with a cream-colored skirt and yellow shoes, standing in a dancing position. The "Dancing Tyrolean Girl" is listed as the 17th entry in Kändler's taxa. The model was therefore created by him around 1740. The entry reads: "1 of these [Tyrolean maids] depicted dancing, holding her apron with both hands, 2 thalers, 12 grams." (Rafael 2009, p. 47).
Porcelain: Meissen, circa 1750
Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (Fischbach 1706 – 1775 Meissen)
Gilded and chased bronze
Metal foliage painted green, very slight chips to the flowers
Cavalier in a white coat, lady with a cream-colored skirt and yellow shoes, standing in a dancing position. The "Dancing Tyrolean Girl" is listed as the 17th entry in Kändler's taxa. The model was therefore created by him around 1740. The entry reads: "1 of these [Tyrolean maids] depicted dancing, holding her apron with both hands, 2 thalers, 12 grams." (Rafael 2009, p. 47).
A Pair of Three-Flame Meissen Candlesticks