painted with chinoiserie scenes within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and further embellished with iron-red and purple scrollwork; the saucer matched, each depicting scenes of figures at various pursuits; the rims with gilt scrollwork borders; the teabowl with a spray of indianische blumen to the centre; underglaze blue crossed swords, teabowl with gilt numeral 20, saucer with a gilt letter K.
Provenance: Newton Don, Kelso; Harrietfield, Kelso; and thence by descent