A MEISSEN PORCELAIN ZOOMORPHIC COVERED CUP AND SAUCER, gilt and painted in colours with various animals at various human pursuits, the bulging cup with; dogs, a bear and a cat playing musical instruments, with interlaced branch handle, the domed cover en suite with a fox-dentist curing a hen, with rosebud finial, the saucer en suite with a catdrawn carriage containing several chicken and a dog-preacher beside a cat, orating to a group of hens, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords enclosing a dot, circa 1767