Casgliadau Arlein

Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; cup standing on a straight sided foot rim, indented above, with slightly tapering sides, widely flared at lip; loop handle fixed to the lip with a snake's head terminus, forking lower down to join the cup in two places, the lower one with a snake's head and bead terminus; saucer standing on a tapered foot rim, indented above, ogee profile sides; body painted with three sprays of blue convolvulus with green foliage, repeated as a border pattern on the saucer; inner rim and saucer rim with border of gilt scrolled leaves; gilt detail to handle, gilt band to foot rim and lip.