"Wedgwood - Jasperware Pitcher, 19th Century"
A blue and white jasper pitcher decorated in an extremely delicate application of white paste with neoclassical motifs of cupids playing music, laurel wreaths on the neck, vine tendrils on the handle, and a faun's head. Signed in low relief on the reverse. In 1738, the archaeological excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum, near Naples, Italy, sparked a renewed interest in the neoclassical style in Europe. In 1759, Josiah Wedgwood founded a porcelain factory inspired by motifs from classical antiquity, which gained international renown. The pieces were made from a material called jasper. 
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