Creator(s): Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall

About this object

The statuette shows winged Cupid standing. He is painted in a flesh color with brownish hair adorned with a crown of pink roses. He wears a strip of violet cloth with a green string around his waist. He leans on a column to his left and with a golden arrow points to an inscription on the tablet. The column is draped with swags of leaves and is bordered in gold. On top of the column is a white mask behind the tablet. The column has designs at both top and bottom edges, and narrows towards the top. The circular base has a meander and rosette design in gold.

Made from:

Porcelain

Made in:

Meissen, Germany

Date made:

ca. 1840

Size:

21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

26.94

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK; INSCRIPTION underneath: crossed swords in underglaze blue; V in red; E82 0/= impressed; partial inscription on tablet: Venus...gaz amor

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973