A jasperware black ground Portland vase, probably Wedgwood, 19th century, typically decorated in white with an unclothed representation of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, a basal disc depicting a head and shoulders portrait of Paris, the neck applied with loop handles, unmarked, height 28cm. Note: rather than sprigged decoration, this example would seem to display integrally cast relief ornament with a painted background, perhaps suggesting it is from an edition dating to 1839. See Robin Reilly and George Savage's 'The Dictionary of Wedgwood', p.276.