Parian marble was quarried starting in the 6th century B.C.on the Greek island of Paros and was much prized for use in the classical statuary of the Greeks, later by the Romans.

Your Parian porcelain jug was made by T.J.&J. Mayer (Thomas John and Joseph Mayer) of Burslem and Longport, Staffordshire, England, who went into business in 1843.