Creator(s): Ludwigsburg Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall

About this object

The statuette shows a young man standing. He is carrying a basket of flowers under his left arm, and holds a single flower in his outstretched right hand. He is wearing a gray-blue and green cape, a white shirt, a white and pink coat decorated with scattered flower clusters, and yellow knee pants. He has a tan pouch on a black strap resting on his right hip. There is a white dog with gray spots sitting on his haunchesat his feet. There is a white tree trunk for support at the right. It has two branches ending in sparse leaves. All elements stand on a high base decorated with rococo scrolls touched with gold.

Made from:

Hard-paste porcelain

Made in:

Ludwigsburg, Germany

Date made:

1900-1910

Size:

27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

26.105.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK on lower side of the hollow base in underglaze blue: crown over interlaced C's (very faint), a crown and interlaced C's

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973