Lot 329
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF FATHER TIME
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF FATHER TIME

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.F. EBERLEIN

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF FATHER TIME
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.F. EBERLEIN
Modeled holding a sand-timer, his left hand resting on a scrolled plaque inscribed ‘Ps.31.v.15.16. / Toute fois, / ô Eternel, je me suis / assuré en toi: j’ai dit, / Tu es mon Dieu / Mes temps sont / en ta main’
10 ¾ in. (26.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Delomosne & Son Ltd., London, September 1949.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 45, no. 19.
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Lot Essay

The inscription on the shield refers to Psalm 31 in the Bible, verses 15 & 16: "My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me."

A different version of Father Time, holding a watch mounted in porcelain frame, was modeled by J. J. Kändler at about the same time as the present example by Eberlein. For a similar example, see E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century: The Pauls Collection, London, 1972, vol. I, pp. 128-9.

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