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