A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE FLARED OCTAGONAL COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER

A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE FLARED OCTAGONAL COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S / TO FOOTRIM OF CUP, SAUCER WITH INCISED PRESSNUMMER 23, THE IRON-RED DRAGONS, PRECIOUS OBJECTS AND FLOWERS PERHAPS SLIGHTLY LATER
The cup of tapering octagonal form, each facet gilded and painted in iron-red with four dragons divided by flower-sprays and symbols above a continuous scene of orientals at various pursuits on a terrace with flowering shrubs, ornamental fences and flags above a double iron-red line border, below a border of gilt Laub-und Bandelwerk, gilt line rims (one handle broken from cup and lacking from time of manufacture, firing faults to front of cup and rim of saucer, cup with slight crack to base, minute wear generally) (2)