Metal Statue

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by kardinalisimo, Feb 7, 2018.

  1. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    2409D9FF-A34D-4219-8A50-0803BA859B2C.jpeg B479A633-0BEE-4240-B968-88289A5C79D9.jpeg Who is she? Can’t make out the mark.
     
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  2. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    I am having a hard time getting a fix on the size but I suspect she is intended to set on top of a mantel clock. I have no idea who the maker is though.
     
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  3. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    She is Thersacorde. One of the Muses. I agree usually found on clocks, Shame she is missing a hand.
    greg
     
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  4. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    Muse? She’s holing a hammer. If the paint is original, the hand amputation must be part of the design.
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Looks like a lyre behind her, that makes her Terpsichore.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Oops, didn't see the hammer.:oops: @Bronwen ?
    Is she painted??
     
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  7. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    A hammer??? I no see a hammer.
    greg
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Kard said she's holding a hammer, and I see it too now. Her right hand is resting on it, the hammerhead is on the 'floor'.
     
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  9. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    I think it has likely been spray painted in somewhat recent history. That happens to clock toppers a lot it seems.
     
  10. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Agreed - and that's probably why the broken off hand seems to have been "made that way". I doubt it actually was.
     
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  11. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    28A5D66E-49F9-4F42-9ACF-4FBC160ED53D.jpeg 886222D8-A01E-428B-819C-AB96614D422D.jpeg 13CB45F0-75F9-412E-BF3A-17AAD303BAAD.jpeg 826A0FBD-B199-43E1-A86F-181EDE49D9E3.jpeg Hammer or other tool.
     
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  12. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    @Any Jewelry
    She is styled like a Muse, but allegorical figures are often represented that way too, the personification of Industry or of Masonry, etc. Used a lot on medals & made up by the engraver. I would like to see her straight from the front & other side. It's quite probable that her lost left hand once held something that would help us understand her better.

    As we can see now, there is no lyre, an illusion given by folds of robe. If there had been, given that she is seated, I would have ruled for Erato, Muse of Erotic Poetry; her attribute is a lyre.

    Terpsichore, Muse of Dance, in classical art is signified by a lyre & plectrum. This is often omitted in more modern times, but she is then shown dancing, or at least on her feet.

    Because it's nostalgic for AJ: Erato Terpsichore

    Methods, materials & clocks above my pay grade.
     
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  13. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I'm going with Thersacorde.
     
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  14. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    Who is Thersacorde? Google is confused by that name.
     
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  15. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Since she's not anyone I can name, I'm going with Greg's suggestion.

     
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  16. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    This is meant for something very specific. If we could figure out what, could go a long way toward identifying her. Anybody know? Do we need to get Arsenal in here?
     
  17. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    It is specific, she injured her other arm with the hammer:)
     
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  18. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Thersacorde...on most electric clocks. Unless they are battery powered of course.
     
  19. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    The closest I can find to the head is a type of blacksmithing hammer still described as French. The haft of this one looks a bit too long for that.
     
  20. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Don't you mean Thermacorde?:joyful:
     
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