# Clock case with Arachne and Athena

- By: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur
- Date: 1727
- Medium: metal, gilding (material), porcelain
- Classification: mechanical clock
- Dimensions: height 14 cm x width 8.3 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of de Vereniging Rembrandt, het Mondriaan Fonds, het Nationaal Aankoopfonds van het ministerie van OCW, de VriendenLoterij en de heer H.B. van der Ven
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-17437--712187ae8255a1101795090459e26ddb)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/EWlKl/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This clock case is one of the Meissen porcelain factory’s most ambitious models from its early years. It is a piece of furniture executed in porcelain and designed as a small building. The two women crowning it represent the weaver Arachne and the goddess Athena. Athena was so jealous of Arachne’s skill that she transformed her into a spider.