Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Teapot, hard-paste porcelain, cylindrical form with rounded base and shoulder, standing on three straight moulded feet, raised guard for the cover at the neck, curving spout with foliate-moulding around the lower part, double-curved scroll handle with a moulded dog-head mask at the shoulder, small domed cover with finial; painted in a polychrome enamels with around the body of the teapot two sprays of flowers and several scattered floral sprigs, further floral sprigs to the cover, thin puce and red lines around the lower body, shoulder, rims of the teapot and cover and the spout and handle, the feet, spout, handle and finial picked out in puce.