Casgliadau Arlein

Tall cylindrical mug, recessed base, C-scroll handle with feathered thumbpiece and scroll moulding; the front painted in sepia with an oval reserve of a bard, half-length, head to left, white hair and beard blowing in the wind, a harp on his shoulder to right, framed in two gilt lines a band of linked dotted ovals between, horizontal line at base and lip, gilt spray of flowers and foliage on each side, one with butterfly above, handle mouldings also gilded.