Casgliadau Arlein

Jug, earthenware, in the shape of an ancient Greek oenochoe, flat base, globular body sloping inwards at the shoulder then rising straight upwards at the neck before flaring out to a trefoil mouth with two small spouts to either side of the upper terminal of the handle, plain high loop handle; the decoration reserved against a black enamel ground so that the red earthenware body is revealed, this then transfer-printed in black with to the body three female figures clad in flowing draperies and dancing hand-in-hand, the figure to the far left holds a wreath, palmette border to the shoulder, wave pattern border to the exterior lip-rim, a black edge to the lip-rim, the neck and interior left in the red and unglazed.