Casgliadau Arlein

Jug, pearlware, standing on a rounded spreading foot-rim, globular body, cylindrical neck, plain beak spout, angular scrolled handle; the exterior of the jug covered with silver lustre, this then decorated using silver lustre resist techniques with around the body a design of three birds standing amid spreading branches with stylized foliage, the lower body and foot-rim left white with a silver lustre band around the lower body, a white band around the shoulder, around the neck a border of stylized vine leaves and grapes in-filled in underglaze blue, two white stripes to the handle, the top of the handle covered with underglaze blue, a floral motif to the underside of the spout, a silver lustre band around the interior lip-rim and spout. A crack around the middle of the body, the lip-rim and spout chipped.