Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos; Clotho and Lachesis spinning the life threads of mortals, while Atropos cuts them with large scissors, Clotho is highest up holding a distaff like a sceptre, in the foreground a small genius handing her the sheep's wool, by her side seated Lachesis spooling up the thread, in the foreground Atropos trying to cut the thread, in the background Cronos restraining her by pulling back her hair and grasping the closed scissors, porcelain, polychromed and gilt, rock base with bush and grass, curving tiered base with narrow and wide gilt edging, gilt border and rosettes, height: 37,5 cm, length: 36 cm, minor restorations, Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords 2nd half 19th cent., model by Johann Joachim Kändler ca. June 1774 (Ru)

Lit.: Meissen für die Zaren, Porzellan als Mittel sächsisch-russischer Politik im 18. Jh., exhibition catalogue Dresden 2004, p 114-115, ill. 174; The "Three Fates" (“Die drei Parzen”) was part of the "Major Russian Commission" for the furnishing of the pavilions at the Rodelberge in Oranienbaum (Lomonossov). In a work report dated June 1774, Johann Joachim Kändler explains the choice of this group as symbolising the wish that "the Tsarina's life may be of the greatest duration". The group matches the “Apoll and Python” group.