An early Meissen sugar box and cover c.1723-25, of flattened octagonal form, one side of the box painted with a Chinese lady petting a rabbit, the reverse with a man smoking a long pipe, reserved within scrollwork panels and indianischeBlumen sprays, the cover with similar scenes within a panelled floral border, blue KPM mark, the gilding worn, a few small chips, 11cm across. (2)