Portmeirion Parian Ware Portland Vase, PW51
Portmeirion Pottery

A Vintage Portmeirion Parian Ware Portland Vase.

This delightful Jug carries the embossed Parian Ware Mark to the base.

The original Roman Portland vase was made of cameo glass, dating from between AD1 and AD25. Josiah Wedgwood produced a copy in 1789 of white jasper on a dark blue black body. This is a replica of the Portland Vase by Portmeirion using their matt, bisque-type ware, developed in the 1980's.

This is a rare item in excellent condition and a real collectors piece. 

Please check the rest of our shop for more examples in this design.

Approx Dimensions:-

10.75 in (27.5 cm) tall x 7.25 in (18.5 cm) 

7.5 in (18.5 cm) handle to handle

Made in England.

Parian Ware

Although Portmeirion had produced Victorian jugs from Kirkham's moulds back in the 1960's, they revived some of the designs in 1984 with the British Heritage Collection.
Portmeirion developed a new technique in which they produced the old Parian porcelain, in which some of the old Victorian jugs had been manufactured. This had a matt, bisque-type surface rather than a highly glazed finish which was capable of preserving the fine modelling from the original moulds.
There were two collections of porcelain jugs, a collection of petite bud vases, a replica of the Portland vase, a set of figurative pieces and Neptune planters in the range.
The original printed script base mark was changed in 1990 in favour of an embossed one, due to fraudulent activity amongst dealers who removed the printed stamp and tried passing off the modern items as antique!