Casgliadau Arlein

Cup, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a short cylindrical foot-rim, rounded curving sides, plain loop handle; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to one side of the exterior body of the cup a small scene showing a European bird perched on the branch of a tree stump, around the upper exterior sides of the cup looping swags of flowers and foliage tied at the top by blue ribbons, around the exterior lower sides of the cup three scattered insects, including a ladybird, to the interior bottom of the cup a green leaf sprig, a gilt edge to the lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a short cylindrical foot-rim, rounded curving sides; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the centre of the well a small scene showing a European bird perched on a tree stump, around the rest of the well three scattered insects including a ladybird and a butterfly, around the sides of the well looping swags of flowers and foliage tied at the top by blue ribbons, a gilt edge to the rim. The rim chipped.