A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MEDIEVAL LADY WITH A CAT AT HER FEET, the young woman wearing a 'jewelled' yellow bonnet trimmed in white and puce, a puce bodice with slashed sleeves revealing a white shift, an orange bow at her waist, a gilt sash suspending a pouch and a sheathed knife and a lilac skirt edged with puce bands, smiling as she lifts her skirt to counter the playful tugs of the creature at her feet, on a grassy and rocky shaped-square base (restoration to left hand, minute chips to base), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 68, incised M196, circa 1890