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