Small porcelain bonbonnière in the form of a recumbent dog with brown spots and a pale yellow collar lying on a puce patterned oval pillow, the cover exterior painted with a dog stalking birds, the rim and cover rim with a hinged gilt metal mount.

Bonbonniere

Royal Porcelain Manufactory Meissen

1755-1770

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