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Candlestick: EC.15A-1945

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Meissen Porcelain Factory
Thrower: Geithner, Peter

Entities

Categories

Description

Red stoneware, cut and polished

Notes

History note: Alfred Spero, London from whom purchased for £45.0.0. See invoice dated June 20th 1946 addressed to the Director, Lous C.G. Clarke in the Friends’ records housed with the Museum’s archives.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Meissen ⪼ Saxony ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1945-07) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

18th Century, Early#
Frederick Augustus I
Augustus II
Circa 1711 CE - 1715 CE

School or Style

Baroque

Components of the work

Base Width 10.8 cm

Materials used in production

Red dry-bodied stoneware

Techniques used in production

Cutting
Moulding
Polishing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.15A-1945
Primary reference Number: 140395
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 12 October 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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