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Two candelabra
These porcelain swans are small versions of the famous large porcelain birds from the Meissen porcelain factory. From 1749 onwards, the successful Paris dealer Lazare Duvaux had several pairs of similar swans fashioned into candelabra. This pair may have come from his shop.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25F36(SWAN)
- http://iconclass.org/25G41(ROSE)
- http://iconclass.org/48A983
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3642
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3858
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64863
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64640
- Gilding
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25F36(SWAN)
- http://iconclass.org/25G41(ROSE)
- http://iconclass.org/48A983
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3642
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.3858
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64863
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64640
- Gilding
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1748
- 1750
- 1750
- 1748
Place-Time
- second quarter 18th century
- third quarter 18th century
Places
- Paris
- Parijs
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.4975
- Meissen
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.52074
- Meissen
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.52074
- Vincennes
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.51897
- …
- Paris
Provenance
- …; sale, rt. Hon. The Earl of Balfour, K.G., O.M. (1848-1930, Whittingehame, Haddingstonshire), London (Christie’s), 17 July 1930, no. 46, £525, with pendant, BK-17501-B, to the dealer J. Hallyn, Antwerp and Paris;{Copy RMA; note RMA.} …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 9, no. Por 105 a/b, Artistic no. 24/110; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.301642
- BK-17501-A
Extent
- height 42.5 cm
- height 22 cm
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: keramiek
- collectie: Europees porselein
Year
- 1748
- 1750
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:27:31.499Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:05:25.989Z