Casgliadau Arlein

Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, rounded foot-rim, bulbous ogee body, short curving spout with foliate moulding around the base, double intertwined handle with spreading leaves at the terminals, round domed cover with to the top a finial modelled in the form of a flower head with stem and leaves, a pierced steam hole to one side; to either side of the exterior body an oval panel finely painted in black monochrome against a faint yellow ground with riverside landscapes with buildings, the panels enclosed by gilt bands entwined by polychrome ribbon-tied floral garlands, a similar gilt band with ribbon-tied garland around the top of the cover, scattered polychrome floral sprigs around the rest of the exterior body, the spout and the top of the cover, gilt dentil edges to the lip-rim of the teapot and the rim of the cover, the spout and handle picked out in gilt, the finial picked out in puce and gilt.