A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL GROUP "THREE FATES", EARLY 19TH CENTURY

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL GROUP "THREE FATES", EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Meissen, after the model by Johann Joachim Kandler, 1st half 19th century. This is a very rare figure. Almost all figures of this model appearing on the market today were produced in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. The rare figures from the early 19th century that come to market almost always have significant damages. A figure of this period in this condition is extremely difficult to find! Elaborately conceived with five figures standing upon a rocky stepped trapezoidal gilt-enriched base moulded with entwined ribbons and Vitruvian scroll, formed of two sections. The three female figures represent the Three Fates spinning and measuring the thread of life. Each section is marked with an underglaze blue crossed swords mark and a brown number 66, also incised No.33. One section has an impressed number 110, the other section has what appears to be number 43. Note: “The Three Fate” was part of the major Russian order commissioned by Catherine the Great for the furnishing of the Sliding Hill Pavilion in Oranienbaum (Lomonosov). In a work report dated June 1774, Johann Kändler explains the choice of this group as symbolizing the wish that “Catherine’s life may be of the greatest duration”.

Dimensions: H: 14 1/2 in., (36 cm.) Base:13 3/4 x 5 1/2 in., (35 x 14 cm.)

Condition: The figure is in very good condition. No chips, damages, losses, or restorations.