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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Group

1761-1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Group of Mercury and Cupid, glazed white hard-paste porcelain. Mercury, clad in a cloak and winged helmet and carrying his caduceus, stands by the side of a hollow tree trunk and is in the act of receiving a letter from Cupid who is flying towards him on the right. At his feet on the left a cock.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, glazed
Brief description
Group of Mercury and Cupid, glazed white hard-paste porcelain, from a model by Friedrich Elias Meyer, Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin, Germany, 1761-3
Physical description
Group of Mercury and Cupid, glazed white hard-paste porcelain. Mercury, clad in a cloak and winged helmet and carrying his caduceus, stands by the side of a hollow tree trunk and is in the act of receiving a letter from Cupid who is flying towards him on the right. At his feet on the left a cock.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
Production
From a model by Friedrich Elias Meyer.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.81-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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