Casgliadau Arlein

Meat platter, earthenware, round-ended oblong shape with flat base, curving sides and spreading rim, a raised edge to the well, eight shallow notches and lobes to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with to the well and extending up the sides of the well the 'Monopteros' pattern, in the foreground several figures with two laden ponies, behind them an Italianate tower, further classical buidings and a monopteros on a hill, mountains in the background, the scene surrounded by spreading flowers, foliage and fruit, ribbon border to the rim with overlapping arches on a blue ground. The glaze to the rim chipped off in places.