A RARE MEISSEN HAUSMALER SAUCER, the porcelain circa 1735, the decoration circa 1750, decorated in the workshop of Franz Ferdinand Meyer of Pressnitz with a classical scene depicting 'The Rape of Proserpina', Pluto embracing a struggling Proserpina in a horse-drawn chariot, within a gilt rim, 13.3cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue PROVENANCE: Private German collection.