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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 11438013, member: 5833&quot;]Definitely the Portland Vase mark.&nbsp; The original, which had to be pieced back together after a drunken visitor smashed it, is in the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1945-0927-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1945-0927-1" rel="nofollow">British Museum</a>.&nbsp; Wedgwood struggled for years to reproduce it in his jasper ware, finally succeeding &amp; enhancing his fame with it.&nbsp; The really high end ones are like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://rauantiques.com/products/wedgwood-first-edition-portland-vase" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rauantiques.com/products/wedgwood-first-edition-portland-vase" rel="nofollow">https://rauantiques.com/products/wedgwood-first-edition-portland-vase</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These are mounted on a stand with a mirror in the base so you can see the cameo on the bottom.&nbsp; The Museum now displays that bit with the vase, but not attached to it.&nbsp; [I &amp; one other person I&#039;m aware of think the Portland Vase is a Renaissance fraud.][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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