A pair of Vienna porcelain figural two-light candelabra, circa 1744

Elizabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk, Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, Wiener Porzellan der Frühzeit 1718-1744, Vienna, 1994, p. 147, cat. no. 172.

The models were first produced during the slightly earlier Du Paquier period of the factory, exhibiting minor variations. In these iterations, the figures are represented with differing attributes: the male figure is variously modelled with bagpipes, a violin, or a recorder, while the female figure appears with a hurdy-gurdy, a dulcimer, or holding a mask. Comparable examples are illustrated in Meredith Chilton (ed.), Fired by Passion: Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius du Paquier, vol. 3, Stuttgart, 2009, pp. 832–833, 1303, cat. nos. 472–473. A further pair of these models, in the white, is in the Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, inv. nos KE 9890 and KE 9891.