Candelabrum: Swan Among Rushes, c. 1750

Inscription

at back of base: (Meissen porcelain crossed swords)

Marks and Labels

FM: Meissen

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. [Eleanore Elkins Widener] Alexander Hamilton Rice; her son, George D. Widener Jr. [1889-1971]; bequest 1972 to NGA.

Exhibition History

2000

Art Nouveau, 1890-1914, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2000-2001, no. 52 (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

2000

Art Nouveau, 1890-1914. Exh. cat. Victoria & Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. London, 2000: no. 52.

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