STATE MANUFACTURE OF PORCELANA IN MIŚNIA, Ashtray with a design mit roten Drachen (gray-black version)

porcelain, engraved paints, gilding, silver (sample 925); height 4.8 cm, dia. 18 cm;
signed in cobalt under-glaze with crossed swords, impressions: D 243, 26, in gold: 599.
Meissen, State Porcelain Manufactory, 1930s.
Round, low ashtray with a curled edge framed in silver, with engraved inscription: Europameisterschaft im Wurftaubenschiessen, Berlin 1936 [translation: European clay pigeon shooting championship = darts] and a concave oval for putting down a cigarette. In the bottom a circular motif of two phoenixes, around the wall two Chinese dragons alternating with a composition of so-called precious objects.
Historical 18th century decorative motif, realized in the 20th century in various color versions.