Finely painted with a chinoiserie scene depicting figures and children around two fountains, with another figure suspended on drapery from rockwork above, within an elaborate gilt scrollwork cartouche filled with Böttger lustre, forming a balcony on each side with two figures seated below a multi-tier pagoda roof, each with a gilt and lustre banner displaying crossed swords and an eagle, respectively, the reverse with two branches of indianische Blumen flanking the handle, similar decorated with flowers, formal gilt floral border to rim, the silver gilt mounts, each marked for Elias Adam, Augsburg, 1729-33, applied with four classical profile medallions against chased bands of strapwork, the top of the cover with a quatrefoil medallion depicting a seated figure and a crocodile, emblematic of Africa, within a similar strapwork border, the thumbpiece with two lion's head terminals, 20.2cm high