Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: The Work of Daisy Makeig-JonesThe ware least resembling the traditional idea of the product of the famous Wedgwood Pottery is probably the range of decorative china lustres created by a remarkable designer, Daisy Makeig-Jones, during the second and third decades of this century at the firm's old Etrusria Works in Staffordshire. These fanciful, highly colored and lustrous wares with decorations of dragons, butterflies, fish, humming birds and, above all, the startling Fairyland designs, have been eagerly sought by collectors in recent years. The main body of the book is devoted to the life and work of Daisy Makeig-Jones, with a comprehensive description of all her designs, their classification and the system of factory pattern numbering. The book, however, covers a wider field. It presents a concise history of the evolution of ceramic lustre decoration from its origins in the Middle East, the gradual spread into Europe, and the significant contribution of the Staffordshire potters in the early nineteenth century leading to the development of modern commercial lustres. Technical and decorating processes involved in the production of lustre ware are also described in detail. |
Contents
Chapter Two DAISY MAKEIGJONES | 21 |
Pen and wash drawing of Etruria by Leonard G Brammer | 27 |
Original etching by Daisy MakeigJones | 29 |
Copyright | |
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appearance Argus Pheasant background Barlaston bead bismuth Black Fairyland blue lustre blue-green bone china border bronze lustre Bubbles butterflies Candlemas Cecil Wedgwood Celtic centre century ceramic china lustres Chinese colour scheme copper copperplate Coral and Bronze courtesy covered crimson Daisy Makeig-Jones Daisy's Daventry diaper earthenware edge enamelled engraved Etruria factory Fairy Fairyland designs Fairyland lustre Fairyland pattern figures Firbolgs fired fish Flame Fairyland Flame lustre flowers glaze gold lustre gold-printed green lustre height illustrated Imperial bowl Imps inside iridescent Josiah Wedgwood K'ang Hsi kiln later lustre decoration lustre ranges lustre wares maiolica Melba Centre metallic mother-of-pearl mother-of-pearl lustre mottling Octagon bowl orange lustre Ordinary lustres ornaments painted pale panels pattern number pieces pink plaque Plate Portland Vase pottery powder powder-blue printed purple recipe ruby shades Shape silver Staffordshire staining technique Thumbelina tion tree trunks underglaze variation violet Willow pattern wings Woodland Elves yellow lustre