Meissen sugar bowl with miner's decoration A quatrefoil body with a domed lid, a sculpted knob in the centre in the shape of an open flower. Scenic depictions of Saxon miners at work and resting on the mine site alternating with individual flowers on both sides of the wall and on the lid. Polychrome painting with gold contouring. Centreboard mark. H. 11 cm. 16 cm x 14 cm. A porcelain sugar box with figural scenes of the Saxon miners. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1745.