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accession number:	1938.305.1.a
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Candelabrum with Parrot (Parrot), c. 1740. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710), Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768). Porcelain mounted in gilt bronze; part 1: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); part 2: 29.6 x 32.1 cm (11 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1938.305.1.a

title:				Candelabrum with Parrot (Parrot)
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creation date:			c. 1740
creation date earliest:		1735
creation date latest:		1745
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Germany
technique:	porcelain mounted in gilt bronze
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)  - porcelain manufactured at
the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden.
* Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768)  - porcelain modeled by

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measurements: Part 1: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); Part 2: 29.6 x 32.1 cm (11 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	formerly in Sammlung Baronin Mathilde von Rothschild, Frankfurt am Main; (Herbert Pick, Amsterdam).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 138
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n162

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 138
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n162

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 181
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n201

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