Putto as Mercury (one of three figures)
Object type: Figure
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Nymphenburg
Artist: Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory|Franz Anton Bustelli
Artist bio: German, 1747–present|Swiss, Locarno ca. 1720–1763 Munich
Artist role: Manufactory|Modeler
Artist nationality: German|Swiss
Date: ca. 1770
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession year: 1974
Tags: Shields|Mercury