id: 97998 accession number: 1917.627.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.627.1 updated: 2023-03-03 07:01:21.609000 Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Matrimony, c. 1775. Derby Porcelain Factory (Chelsea-Derby Period, 1770–84). Soft-paste porcelain; overall: 31.1 x 25.7 x 15.6 cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness 1917.627.1 title: Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Matrimony title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: England, London, Chelsea technique: soft-paste porcelain department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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. --- measurements: Overall: 31.1 x 25.7 x 15.6 cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries opening date: 1934-11-09T05:00:00 Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934). title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020) opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00 British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * No legacy exhibitions. --- PROVENANCE Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1917- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The canopy of foliage surrounding these figures was inspired by the arbors popular in theatrical stage designs during the mid-1700s. digital description: This allegorical figure depicts a shepherdess dressed in richly patterned garments. Here the figure (Matrimony) holds a birdcage in one hand and subtly directs the viewer’s gaze toward the sheep resting nearby with the other. An accompanying figure, a shepherd (Liberty) is joined by a dog and a bird that perches on his outstretched arm. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Bequest of Mrs. Charles W. Harkness." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 63. page number: url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136090 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
Only Candelabrum with Shepherd and Dog (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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
Only Candelabrum with Shepherd and Dog (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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 15, no. 2 (February 1928): 57-59. page number: url: www.jstor.org/stable/25137108 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.627.1/1917.627.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.627.1/1917.627.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.627.1/1917.627.1_full.tif