STATUETTE OF FATHER TIME

Creator(s): Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall

About this object

The statuette represents Father Time. He is shown as a bearded old man holding a scythe in his left hand. He is nude except for a flowing dark brown drapery that covers his left shoulder, goes across his back and the end is held in his right hand. At his feet is a kneeling cupid with wings on its back. The cupid holds a fallen fluted gray hourglass with wings. They stand on a white base decorated with rococo scrolls touched with gold and flower clusters in relief.

Object name:

STATUETTE OF FATHER TIME

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Meissen, Germany

Date made:

c. 1840

Size:

12.7 cm (5 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

26.88

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK Crossed swords in underglaze blue; two numbers impressed 1627, 123 [Underneath]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973