Casgliadau Arlein

Vase, dry-bodied stoneware, a copy of the Portland Vase, wide high shouldered body tapering to a flat circular foot, flared trumpet shape neck, pair of angular handles, joined at shoulder and rim, with chevron moulding and each terminating in a mask of a bearded old man, the body and underside of base of vase decorated with applied classical scenes, the flat base probably shows the head and shoulders of Paris, son of King Priam, wearing helmet and cloak and under a tree, the body probably shows Thetis reclining on her rocks under a tree (centre) watched by Hermes seated by a column (left) and Aphrodite sitting on a rocky outcrop and holding a staff (right ), and Peleus, under a portico, walking forward with his outstretched right arm (left) clasped by a seated Doris, with sea snake (or her grandmother Tethys), (centre), and watched by Nereus (or Oceanus) who rests his right foot on the base of a tree propping up his right elbow and holding his chin in his right hand, Eros flies overhead, through a tree; covered all over with a matt brown glaze.