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Candlestick
Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
about 1750
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
21.27 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.863
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionMate to 1988.862 and part of a set with the arbor group 1988.864. White. Boy seated cross-legged under May tree on five-footed irregular base with leaves. (Leaf bobeche and replaced and now discolored). Flowers in hand and hair. Unmarked.
Marks
Unmarked
ProvenanceBy 1957, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)
NOTES:
[1] Published by Bernard Watney in 1957 as Katz collection; from December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.
NOTES:
[1] Published by Bernard Watney in 1957 as Katz collection; from December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.