Small Meissen teapot with woodcut flowers

Depressed, spherical body. Laterally curved J-handle with ribbed and leaf relief, as well as a short, curved spout in the shape of an animal's head in purple staffage. Slightly raised lid with a sculpted pinecone knob. On both sides of the wall, large-scale woodcut flowers surrounded by insects in the style of J. G. Klinger. Polychrome, shaded painting. Brown contour lines. Painter's signature "H" in purple. Minimal restoration; crossed swords mark. Height 9.5 cm. See here Pietzsch, catalog Wark, no. 502; catalog Porzellansammlung, Museum Köln, illustration 101. A small porcelain tea jug finely painted with shadowed "woodcut flowers" and insects in the manner of J. G. Klinger. Painter's signature. Minor restoration. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Around 1740.