Casgliadau Arlein

Cabinet cup and saucer, soft-paste duck-egg porcelain; cup on three paw feet, cylindrical flared body, moulded scroll handle rising from a mask and closing above the rim with a patarae and husk, and with a floral disc thumbpiece; deep saucer with footrim and flared sides; the bodies painted in enamels with a continuous band of naturalistic flowers - the cup including blue morning glory, purple and yellow tulips and pink rose - the saucer including pink roses, purple and white auriculas, purple convolvulus, purple and yellow tulip, nasturtiums etc; gilded embellishments of a running pattern of pendant berries from foliate branches below flower band on cup, inside cup rim, and inside flower band to saucer, gilt rims, paw feet, handle, mask etc