A rare Meissen Hausmaler teacup and saucer, the porcelain c.1730s, later decorated in enamels c.1740-50s, blue underglaze crossed swords within concentric circles, underglaze H to tea bowl, pressnummer 14 to tea bowl and 64 to saucer, the exteriors of brown ground decorated in tooled gilding with insects in flight, the interiors with underglaze blue concentric rings around the centers and rims, the centers decorated with a townscape featuring a lady, with gilt highlights, surrounded by iron red scrolling oak leaf borders within gilded circles below four floral sprigs, the saucer 12.1cm diameter (2) (AF)Condition Report: Large repaired crack to the tea bowl, some minor losses and scratches to the brown exteriors, a small firing crack over the crossed swords of the saucer.