Casgliadau Arlein

Soap dish, earthenware, oblong box-like bottom section with waved sides and anthemion moulding to the rim, in this sits the liner with flat base, flaring sides and shelving rim, the rim waved, numerous perforated holes to the base of the liner, cover with vertical sides and slightly domed top, the sides of the cover waved, anthemion moulding around the top of the cover; transfer-printed in blue with to the top of the well the 'Swiss Villa' pattern, an ornate gabled building by the side of a lake against a background of trees and mountains, the scene surrounded on three sides by a cartouche of rococo scrolls, flowers and foliage, the same pattern to the interior of the liner, border to the sides of the dish and the sides of the cover of a ribbon band with hearts and scrolls issuing flower heads, scrolls and foliage, ribbon band with hearts and scrolls to the interior sides of the liner.