Antique Wedgwood Dark Blue Jasperware Biscuit Barrel Mappin & Webb Silver Lid

  

A beautiful antique Wedgwood dark blue Jasperware biscuit barrel, late Victorian period (circa 1870s-1890s). The body is decorated in classic Wedgwood style with raised white neoclassical relief scenes - including a laurel tree, cherubs, and robed classical figures in a sacrificial procession - set against the signature deep cobalt blue jasper ground, with a laurel leaf band around the base. The barrel has its original silver-plated fittings, including the hinged lid, rim, and swing handle, all stamped underneath: "Triple Plate, Mappin & Webb, London & Sheffield, Deposit" - confirming this is by the renowned English silversmiths Mappin & Webb.