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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

1916-1941 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fairyland lustre vase of bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration and mother-of-pearl lustre glaze with gold print and edge. Shape No. 2810. The exterior decorated with "Butterfly Woman".


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration and lustre glaze and gilt
Brief description
Fairyland lustre vase, bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration and lustre glaze and gilt, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1916-1941
Physical description
Fairyland lustre vase of bone china, transfer-printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration and mother-of-pearl lustre glaze with gold print and edge. Shape No. 2810. The exterior decorated with "Butterfly Woman".
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '2' and painted with 'Z 4968'
  • '2210' incised
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Fontaines, Una des, Lionel Lambourne and Ann Eatwell (editor). Miss Jones and her fairyland [catalogue], London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990, Cat. No. 17
Collection
Accession number
C.67-1988

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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