Casgliadau Arlein

Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, inset base within a flattened-off foot-rim, globular body tapering inwards towards the base, curving spout terminating in an animal head and with a moulded scroll to the underside, double-curved scrolled loop handle with foliate-moulding to the shoulder and thumb-spur, round domed cover with a pine cone finial to the centre and a pierced steam hole to one side, the cover is attached to the teapot by a length of metal chain which is fastened around the finial and around the handle; finely painted in puce and gilt with around the exterior body of the teapot and the top of the cover sprays and sprigs of Chinese-style flowers, a border to the rim of the cover of scrolls and flower heads in puce and gilt, the spout, handle and finial picked out in puce.