Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, design by Heinrich Julius Hähnel 1855-63, model no. 78730 (old D 175), lying mother cat and 4 agile young kittens, signed on the oval base, naturalistically painted, approx. 16 x 29 cm, after 1948; Heinrich Julius Hähnel (1823-1909), sculptor, studied at the Academy in Dresden, student of Ernst Rietschel, after 1948 teacher at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden.
