Bowl
ca. 1916-1941 (made)
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Footed bowl, the outside of which is decorated with the 'Garden of Paradise' design, featuring a pale blue arch that frames a number of minarets and towered buildings. To the front of this and just to the right is likely the Tree of Knowledge, which bears magical 'cakes' that give those who eat them knowledge. The design also features a black pillar, with an idol-figure with walrus whiskers and daisies curving upwards from its head, and foliage hanging down over a violet sky, Several fairy figures survey the scene.
The inside is decorated with the 'Jumping Faun' design. In this variation, a wooded island can be seen in the distance with minarets and temples upon it. The central tree is brown with blue-green flowers and yellow-brown centres, and a number of fairies survey the scene.
The inside is decorated with the 'Jumping Faun' design. In this variation, a wooded island can be seen in the distance with minarets and temples upon it. The central tree is brown with blue-green flowers and yellow-brown centres, and a number of fairies survey the scene.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration and blue, orange and mother-of-pearl lustre glazes with gold print and edge. |
| Brief description | Footed bowl, Fairyland lustre, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1916-41 |
| Physical description | Footed bowl, the outside of which is decorated with the 'Garden of Paradise' design, featuring a pale blue arch that frames a number of minarets and towered buildings. To the front of this and just to the right is likely the Tree of Knowledge, which bears magical 'cakes' that give those who eat them knowledge. The design also features a black pillar, with an idol-figure with walrus whiskers and daisies curving upwards from its head, and foliage hanging down over a violet sky, Several fairy figures survey the scene. The inside is decorated with the 'Jumping Faun' design. In this variation, a wooded island can be seen in the distance with minarets and temples upon it. The central tree is brown with blue-green flowers and yellow-brown centres, and a number of fairies survey the scene. |
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| Content description | The exterior is decorated with 'Garden of Paradise' and the interior with Una des Fontaine's 'Jumping Faun'. According to Una des Fontaines the source for 'Jumping Faun' can be found in Edmund Dulac's illustration for 'The Tempest' (1908) opposite page 46. See cat no. 5 & 6, Una des Fontaine, p.120 & 268. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Mark 2 and painted with 'Z 4968' |
| Credit line | Given by Suzanne and Frederic Weinstein |
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| Accession number | C.78-1988 |
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| Record created | March 20, 2007 |
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