Candlestick (one of a pair)

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1760–65 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Candlestick (one of a pair) — Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

The subject, a boar attacked by two hounds, probably came from a French or German source, as the wild boar was extinct in England long before the eighteenth century.

Artist
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Date
ca. 1760–65
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Culture
British, Chelsea
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan, in memory of Francis P. Garvan, 1954

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