Meissen tea caddy with landscape decoration

Highly rectangular corpus with offset, rounded shoulder and short, cylindrical neck. Overlapping hood cover with centrally placed plastic flower knob. On both sides of the body, a wide, brown contoured rocaille cartouche frames a spacious architectural and landscaped scenery with figural staffage. The narrow sides feature corresponding scenes. Small wooden carved flowers and shaded insects on the shoulder and the cover. Polychrome painting with a surrounding gold lace border. Gold marks with number 8. Press mark number 19. Minimal chipping; blurred crossed swords mark. Height 12.5 cm. Compare auction catalog, Jahn collection, number 641, Lempertz, 1989, catalog number 125. Provenance: Formerly in the Jahn collection, Hamburg, auctioned by Lempertz, auction 641, June 12, 1989, catalog number 125. A gold-decorated porcelain tea caddy finely painted with figural landscapes. Minor chipped. Blurred crossed swords mark. Provenance: Jahn collection, auctioned by Lempertz in 1989, auction 641, catalog number 125. Meissen. Circa 1740-1745.