Cylindrical, green jasperware handled and covered container encircled with applied neoclassical scenes of women and putti beneath a border of laurel leaves and berries. Container is rounded at base and fitted with a silverplated collar with bail handle around its rim. Flat circular cover with utensil cutout is decorated with scrolls, bellflowers, and a geometric border and topped by an acorn-and-button finial. Interior of pot is glazed; exterior is stamped "WEDGWOOD" (slightly curved) and inscribed "X" and "C". Cover not marked.
Maker is Wedgwood, Stoke-on-Trent, England, founded by Josiah Wedgwood in 1759.
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