Portland Vase

[Gelly1]

I have a vase that has been in the family for many years, would any one know what pottery it came from and how valuable it might be? It has a white background with lilac figures identicle to the portland vase, it has a lion and unicorn on the bottom with the number 117, its very pretty and stands the same size as the portland vase...

[Peter Pedant]

The original of the vase is in the British Museum, and has survived being smashed by a madman

acquired 1815 I think

very popular neo classical design

Wedgwood I think was the one that popularised it

Early versions 1815-1820 are as you can imagine reasonably valuable

those made in the 1970s less so