A Meissen cup with swan-neck handle

A Meissen cup with swan-neck handle, painted with a scene of Albrechtsburg Castle, crossed swords mark, c.1817-24, 9.6cm, and a copy of Janet Gleeson's 'The Arcanum'. (2) Albrechtsburg Castle was where Johann B?ttger invented the first European hard-paste porcelain, following his incarceration by Augustus the Strong.