CANDLEHOLDER OF MINERVA, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Adam Bedroom
About this object
The statuette shows Minerva as a candle holder. Minerva wears a helmet with pink and blue plumes, a white and orange drapery, a gold scaled bodice, and a green skirt. She is barfoot. She turns slightly to her left and stands in a contraposto stance, At the right is a grotesque mask and a hen, while to the left lies a banner. Behind her is the same flat floral back that framed the figure. Her candle holder stands to the left. The base is scrolled and decorated with blue and gold.
- Object name:
- CANDLEHOLDER OF MINERVA, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Dresden, Germany
- Date made:
- Early 20th c.
- Size:
- 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.104.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Underneath in overglaze gray blue: cursive letters over Dresden
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973