Meissen Porcelain Figurine Set “Apollo And Daphne”

Meissen porcelain group from the “Apollo and Daphne” mythology series, created by Christian Gottlieb Jüchtzer in 1786. Inspired by Bernini’s (1598–1680) marble sculpture housed in the Borghese Gallery, which was created based on the tales from Ovid’s *Metamorphoses*. Marked with blue crossed swords, second-grade quality, and numbered I 9. Listed in the Meissen–Bergmann catalog

The Myth:
Apollo mocks Eros’s skills as an archer, and to punish him, Eros fires two arrows. The golden arrow strikes Apollo and inspires him with a mad love for Daphne, while the lead arrow causes the nymph to loathe love. 
Apollo pursues Daphne relentlessly; exhausted and refusing to yield to the god’s advances, Daphne implores her father, Peneus, to help her. He transforms her into a laurel tree, which Apollo would adopt as one of his principal symbols.