A MEISSEN STRAW-COLOURED GROUND HAUSMALEREI TEA-CADDY AND COVER of rectangular form with Gebrochener Stab moulding, painted in the workshop of F.J. Ferner with a single chinoiserie figure and scattered sprigs of flowers, the shoulders with an elaborate gilt filigree band, the rim and pinecone finial of the cover richly gilt (very slight rubbing to gilt rims and minute chip to cover), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 19, the porcelain circa 1740, the decoration slightly later