A Meissen dark-blue-ground ogee-sided coffee cup
A Meissen dark-blue-ground ogee-sided coffee cup

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A Meissen dark-blue-ground ogee-sided coffee cup
painted with birds perched on branches amongst rockwork within a shaped panel gilt with scrolls and foliage, the reverse with wild fowl amongst grasses, within a similar cartouche, reserved on a ground gilt with a caillouté pattern, blue crossed swords mark, painter's mark, and Pressnummer 46, circa 1770 (light rubbing to gilding); and a similar teacup, the interior painted with a butterfly and insect, blue crossed swords and dot mark, painter's mark and Pressnummer 18 (light rubbing to gilding)
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