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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Candlestick
French 16th Century
French, 1500-1599
Candlestick, c. 1547/1559
lead-glazed fine earthenware
Overall (height): 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.) overall (diameter of base): 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.) gross weight: 707 gr
Widener Collection
1942.9.352
From the Tour: French Renaissance Ceramics
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Exhibition History

1850
Works of Ancient and Mediaeval Art, Society of Arts, London, 1850, (Catalogue of Works of Ancient and Mediaeval Art Exhibited at the House of the Society of Arts), no. 600, 20.
1857
Art Treasures Exhibition, Art Treasures Palace, Manchester, 1857, no cat.
1862
Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, and More Recent Periods on Loan at the South Kensington Museum, June, 1862, South Kensington Museum, London, 1862, no. 1203.

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