Casgliadau Arlein

Teapot, caneware, moulded, basic oval form - long straight panel with chamfered corners to either side, concave panels to front and back rounded under handle and spout; straight sides rising to a concave shoulder slightly projecting over body, angular ear-shaped handle with thumbpiece, part spout, shallow stepped domed cover projecting over body and with angular loop handle; complex moulded decoration of panelling moulded with acanthus to lower third of body, narrow pilasters rising from chamfered corners to shoulder and terminating with quarter flower heads, one long side moulded with a draped female figure pouring oil on a flaming brazier, the other with a draped female figure reading a book, foliate moulding to base of spout and upper side of handle, band of keyhole moulding around shoulder and around lower half of cover; bands of rust enamel around foot, below shoulder, around rims of body and cover, above cover moulding; rust enamel delineating handles, foliate moulding to spout.