CIRCA 1758, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, TRACES OF A RED WAX INVENTORY NUMBER

See J. Jefferson Miller, et al., The Hans Syz Collection, Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 328 for a pair of these charming animals, originally conceived as part of a hunting group with two dogs.