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Candlestick

Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
about 1755
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.890
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionStump with green branches and leaves and crabstock handle at back. Bird light brown, yellow beak, black head with reddish topknot. Legs gray, black barred. Unmarked. Socket Missing.
ProvenanceBy 1973, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.