CIRCA 1745, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE MALE, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS BENEATH THE TAIL OF THE FEMALE, MODELED BY J. J. KÄNDLER AND P. REINEKE

Kändler's Taxa for June 1944 notes 2 neue Mopss Hunde auf einem Rasen sitzend, angefangen zu poussiren und selbigen die gehörige Action und Gestalt gegeben, welche hernach dem Bildhauer Reinicken vollends fertigen lassen. That for December of the same year includes a description of the female pendant, both models corresponding to the present examples.

See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, [Munich, 1966], cat. nos. 1091 and 1092, Plate 268, for the examples in the Residenz, Ansbach (the male) and the German National Museum, Nuremberg (the female).