Creator(s): Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall
About this object
The statuette shows a small child, which was once a cupid. She is standing on her left foot and holding a round basket filled with flowers and fruit in her right hand. She is wearing a flat, round, white pie-crust hat over a dark red cap, a white blouse, a green apron and no pants or shoes. She is holding in left hand a brown horn and part of her skirt. She stands on a white base decorated with rococo scrolls touched with gold and two flowers in relief. There is a white tree trunk at the back for support.
- Made from:
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Meissen, Germany
- Date made:
- ca. 1750
- Size:
- 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.99
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK at lower edge of base at back: crossed swords in underglaze blue (very faint)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973