A MEISSEN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND GILT TEABOWL AND SAUCER painted in underglaze blue with a bird in flight among flowering plants issuing from rockwork on a gilt ground, the border with gilt and blue loop ornament (saucer with a star crack to centre, gilding to saucer rubbed, minute chip to rim and footrim of teabowl), blue crossed swords marks one with a cross at the cross over point, Dreher's x to teabowl, circa 1730