Casgliadau Arlein

Vase, one of a pair, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a circular trumpet foot, slender ovoid shape with a thick everted lip; bee handles mounted on shoulder; upper body finely painted with a frieze of wild flowers and strawberries in polychrome enamels; gilt radiating acanthus around base of body, and a gilt band of fruiting vine around the base and neck; gilt handles, and gilt bands to foot rim, shoulder, and everted lip.