Vase and Cover
1916-1941 (made)
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Jar and cover with Fairyland lustre decoration
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration mother-of-pearl lustre glazes with gold print and edge. |
| Brief description | Vase and cover, Fairyland lustre, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, made by Wedgwood, 1916-1941. |
| Physical description | Jar and cover with Fairyland lustre decoration |
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| Content description | Shape no. 2410. The exterior of the jar is decorated with 'Sycamore Tree'. The three panels of 'Sycamore Tree' were known as 'Feng Hwang', 'Bridge', and 'Ship and Tree'. The design for the fairy seated on the rocky promontory opposite to the spider's web in the 'Feng Hwang' panel was taken from Edmund Dulae's illustration for 'The Tempest' (1908) of Ariel astride a bat. The fairy from the 'Ship and Tree' panel came from the same source and mat be found opposite page 102 (Una des Fontaine, p.286 and 135-6). |
| Marks and inscriptions | Mark 2 and painted with 'Z 4968' also incised '2410'. |
| Credit line | Given by Suzanne and Frederic Weinstein |
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| Accession number | C.76A-1988 |
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| Record created | March 20, 2007 |
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