Not currently on display at the V&A

Brooch

ca. 1918-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (Made by)
Daisy Makeig-Jones (Designed by)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)
Etruria (made)

Brooch featuring a cluster of birch-like trees with a winged creature to the right and another creature to the left.

Object details

Categories
Lustre Ware
Fairy Tales and Legends
Ceramics
Bone China
Object type
Brooch
Materials and techniques
Bone china, printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration and mother-of-pearl lustre glaze with gold print and edge.
Bone China
Lustre
Painted
Printed
Brief description
Brooch, Fairyland lustre, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1918-29
Physical description
Brooch featuring a cluster of birch-like trees with a winged creature to the right and another creature to the left.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.1cm (Note: Taken from Miss Jones and her Fairyland: Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: the Work of Daisy Makeig-Jones. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990)
Content description
Decorated with pattern Z 5 186 which is part of Una des Fontaine's 'Woodland Elves 3, Feather Hat'.
Credit line
Given by Suzanne and Frederic Weinstein
Bibliographic references
  • Fontaines, U., Lambourne, L., & Eatwell, A. (Ed.) Miss Jones and her Fairyland: Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: the Work of Daisy Makeig-Jones. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 p. 41
  • Fontaines, U. Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre. Born-Hawes: New York, 1975 pp. 109, 110
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.66-1988

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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