Object details
Object number
C18w8.1-2
Creator(s)
Wallendorfer Porzellan
(founded Lichte, Germany, 1764)
Title
Pair of Sconces
Date
1764-1833
Medium
Painted and glazed hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Impressed (on candleholders): stylized W and an asterix [possibly a maker's mark of Wallendorfer Porzellan, 1764-1833]
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1918.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 138. (as Dresden (Meissen); dated 19th century)
Gallery
Little Salon
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