Casgliadau Arlein

Mug, earthenware, rounded slightly spreading foot-rim, cylindrical sides divided into six panels by vertical incised lines, a band of moulded anthemions to the foot-rim and to the lip-rim, to the interior of the mug a moulded frog with four legs, body, and head with prominent eyes and open mouth, the back legs of the frog rest upon the bottom of the mug while the body, head and forelegs lie upright against the sides of the mug, loop handle with overlapping moulded leafs along its length, transfer-printed in blue with to the exterior sides of the mug the 'Ottoman' pattern comprising two panels enclosed within cartouches of scrolling foliage, one showing four deer in front of a towered building with a background of a lake and distant mountains, the other showing an elaborate fountain with to one side two figures, one on horseback, and to the other a camel-like animal, the two panels separated by an elaborate design of spreading foliage, garlands and scrolls, dentilled ribbon border to the exterior lip-rim, to the interior lip-rim a border composed of four ogee-topped panels showing respectively three deer, a Middle-Eastern style building, two swan-like birds and a landscape scene, the moulded frog painted in brown and orange.