Casgliadau Arlein

Jug, hard-paste porcelain, rococo form, standing on a rounded foot, bulbous lower body, globular upper body, cylindrical flaring neck, a raised moulded wreath of flowers around the lower body, raised moulded floral sprigs between raised vertical ribs to the neck, beak spout with shell-like moulding to the underside, elaborate scrolled loop handle with a moulded shell to the shoulder and foliate moulding to the underside, domed cover with to the centre a finial in the form of a spiral shell, raised moulded floral sprigs between raised vertical ribs to the rim of the cover, a raised moulded wreath of flowers around the centre of the cover; finely painted in polychrome enamels with around the exterior body of the jug, the foot and the cover scattered sprays and sprigs of naturalistic flowers including roses, gilt edges to the foot-rim and lip-rim of the jug and the rim of the cover, the underside of the spout, the handle and the finial on the cover picked out in puce and gilt.