Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Cup, cabinet and saucer
Small cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, good clear translucency, lustrous glaze; the cup standing on a pedestal foot, tub-shaped body spreading to an everted lip, two scroll handles extending above the rim of the cup and enclosing an eagle's head terminal; deep saucer with a recessed centre; the cup decorated with a gilt foot, and a gilt line below a band of anthemions and scrolls, the sides painted with four polychrome flower sprays and with four large seeded and diaper lambrequins in gilding, broad gilt band within the lip; the saucer painted with a flower spray in the centre, the rim ornamented with six small flower sprays and with six gilt lambrequins similar to those on the cup, the underside with a broad gilt band and line.