id:			97997
accession number:	1917.627
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.627
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:22.954000

Pair of Candelabra Depicting Allegorical Figures of Liberty and Matrimony, c. 1775. Derby Porcelain Factory (Chelsea-Derby Period, 1770–84). Soft-paste porcelain; part 1: 31.1 x 25.7 x 15.6 cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.); part 2: 32.4 x 25.6 x 14.2 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness 1917.627

title:				Pair of Candelabra Depicting Allegorical Figures of Liberty and Matrimony
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creation date:			c. 1775
creation date earliest:		1770
creation date latest:		1780
current location:		203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
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culture:	England, London, Chelsea
technique:	soft-paste porcelain
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Derby Porcelain Factory (Chelsea-Derby Period, 1770–84)  - maker
the Chelsea-Derby period began in 1770, when William Duesbury, one of the owners of the Derby Factory, acquried the Chelsea factory, and lasted until he closed it in 1784. During these years the products of both factories bore the same mark.
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measurements: Part 1: 31.1 x 25.7 x 15.6 cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.); Part 2: 32.4 x 25.6 x 14.2 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
	opening date:   1934-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)
	opening date:   2020-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No legacy exhibitions.', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Bequest of Mrs. Charles W. Harkness." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 63.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 63
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136090

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.<br>Only <em>Candelabrum with Shepherd and Dog</em> (1917.627.2) reproduced.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n13

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.<br>Only <em>Candelabrum with Shepherd and Dog</em> (1917.627.2) reproduced.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n14

	Milliken, William Mathewson. "European Porcelains Bequeathed by Mary Warden Harkness." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 15, no. 2 (February 1928): 57-59.
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	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25137108

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IMAGES

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