Firbolgs
Bowl
1919 - 1921 (made)
1919 - 1921 (made)
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Wide shallow bowl, Wedgwood 'Lily Tray' shape 2483. Bone china. Decorated with 'Fairyland' pattern Z5200, comprising a central medallion of 'Thumbelina' design, depicting Thumbelina riding on the back of a swallow, in bright colours, outline printed in gold. This surrounded by a wide border of 'Firbolgs' design (a variant of 'Firbolgs III' (des Fontaines, 1975)), with a ground of ruby lustre, blackish figures with eyes picked out in green, outline printed in gold. The reverse of the plate decorated with a mother-of-pearl lustre, with a procession of fishes in colours outline printed in gold, and edged with 'Dragon' bead, printed in gold over a blue ground.
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, printed and painted in underglaze colours, lustre glazes, printed in gold |
| Brief description | Bowl, 'Fairyland' lustre, 'Firbolgs' and 'Thumbelina' patterns on 'Lily Tray' shape, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1919-21 |
| Physical description | Wide shallow bowl, Wedgwood 'Lily Tray' shape 2483. Bone china. Decorated with 'Fairyland' pattern Z5200, comprising a central medallion of 'Thumbelina' design, depicting Thumbelina riding on the back of a swallow, in bright colours, outline printed in gold. This surrounded by a wide border of 'Firbolgs' design (a variant of 'Firbolgs III' (des Fontaines, 1975)), with a ground of ruby lustre, blackish figures with eyes picked out in green, outline printed in gold. The reverse of the plate decorated with a mother-of-pearl lustre, with a procession of fishes in colours outline printed in gold, and edged with 'Dragon' bead, printed in gold over a blue ground. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Jean Macdougall |
| Object history | Formerly in the possession of Miss Jean L. Macdougall, of Crieff, Scotland, who bequeathed the bowl to the Museum. The bowl had been in Miss Macdougall's family for many years, and had perhaps previously belonged to her mother. |
| Literary reference | Thumbelina |
| Bibliographic reference | Una des Fontaines. Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre. New York / London, 1975. pp. 65 & 173-180.
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| Accession number | C.63-2013 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2013 |
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