A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER painted with shipping scenes, merchants and gallants and companions on quaysides among packages and barrels before distant hills within gilt scroll and iron-red diaper cartouches with purpurmalerei landscape panels, chinoiseries and iron-red and purple foliage, the borders with interlocking gilt scrolls (chip to underside rim and very slight rubbing to saucer and a slight flake to enamel of teabowl and slight flaking to gilding), blue crossed swords marks, Dreher's and gilder's numerals 79. to both pieces, circa 1725