Bowl
ca. 1915 (made)
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Bowl of bone china, printed in fallow deer blue, painted in underglaze colours with stains and blue mottling, mixed blue lustre and mother-of-pearl glazes with gold print and edge. Chinese Bowl shape. The cup has no handle. The inside painted with dragons and Chinese characters, at the bottom a formal flower design; on the outside dragons.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, transfer-printed in blue, painted in underglaze colours, lustre glazes and gilt |
| Brief description | Bowl of bone china, transfer-printed in blue, painted in underglaze colours, lustre glazes and gilt; designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1915 |
| Physical description | Bowl of bone china, printed in fallow deer blue, painted in underglaze colours with stains and blue mottling, mixed blue lustre and mother-of-pearl glazes with gold print and edge. Chinese Bowl shape. The cup has no handle. The inside painted with dragons and Chinese characters, at the bottom a formal flower design; on the outside dragons. |
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| Credit line | Given by H.M. Queen Mary |
| Object history | Historical significance: This Dragon Lustre design remained consistently popular and was produced on a variety of shaped until the lustre ranges were cancelled in 1941. (U.D.F. p.44) |
| Production | Lustre decoration No. 7 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Fontaines, Una des, Lionel Lambourne and Ann Eatwell (editor). Miss Jones and her fairyland [catalogue], London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990, Cat. No. 2, p. 34. |
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| Accession number | C.280-1916 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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