Casgliadau Arlein

Tea bowl and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, tea bowl standing on a foot rim, flared sides, everted lip; decorated with relief vine branches with fruit, painted gilt, gilt border to foot rim, ornamental gilt border to inner and outer lip. Saucer standing on a foot rim, spreading sides, everted lip; centre decorated in gilt with two chinoserie figures, one seated before a table, the other standing carrying a tea tray, bird in sky, two trees either side, standing on a platform with a gilt scroll bracket, ornamental gilt border to lip, underside decorated with relief vine branches and fruit painted in gilt.