Large Daisy Makeig Jones Wedgwood “Fairyland Lustre” bowl
Exquisite and very rare Wedgwood “Fairyland Lustre” large porcelain bowl. Exterior decorated with the “Woodlands” pattern; interior depicting figures frolicking among the trees, with a lake at the centre.
The base with green printed mark containing a Portland vase above 'Wedgwood Made in England”.
Made by Daisy Makeig Jones (1881-1945) for Wedgwood, c. 1920’s
642 g
9 cm tall
20.5 cm across the top
10.5 cm across the base
Large and smaller chip to foot; cracks to base that are visible inside the bowl; small firing defect inside the bowl and to the foot of the bowl; some age-appropriate crazing.
Exquisite and very rare Wedgwood “Fairyland Lustre” large porcelain bowl. Exterior decorated with the “Woodlands” pattern; interior depicting figures frolicking among the trees, with a lake at the centre.
The base with green printed mark containing a Portland vase above 'Wedgwood Made in England”.
Made by Daisy Makeig Jones (1881-1945) for Wedgwood, c. 1920’s
642 g
9 cm tall
20.5 cm across the top
10.5 cm across the base
Large and smaller chip to foot; cracks to base that are visible inside the bowl; small firing defect inside the bowl and to the foot of the bowl; some age-appropriate crazing.
Exquisite and very rare Wedgwood “Fairyland Lustre” large porcelain bowl. Exterior decorated with the “Woodlands” pattern; interior depicting figures frolicking among the trees, with a lake at the centre.
The base with green printed mark containing a Portland vase above 'Wedgwood Made in England”.
Made by Daisy Makeig Jones (1881-1945) for Wedgwood, c. 1920’s
642 g
9 cm tall
20.5 cm across the top
10.5 cm across the base
Large and smaller chip to foot; cracks to base that are visible inside the bowl; small firing defect inside the bowl and to the foot of the bowl; some age-appropriate crazing.
Susannah Margaretta ‘Daisy’ Makeig-Jones was born in 1881 in a small mining village near Rotherham, where her father was a GP. She joined Wedgwood as a trainee in 1909 at which time the factory was no longer as successful or considered so innovative as it once had been.
She was promoted to lead designer in 1914, and in due course, Makeig-Jones brought fresh life to Wedgwood with her marvellous glazes and whimsical designs; her innovative wares, particularly her 'fairlyland lustre' series, soon gained a huge following.
In 2015, a major exhibition of Makeig-Jones' work called 'Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones' was held at The National Museum of Women in the Arts, New York. For more information, visit the NMWA website.
