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A Rare Wedgwood fairyland lustre 'Ghostly Wood' malfrey pot and…
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Sydney
Date:
19-Jul-2016
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Description:
A Rare Wedgwood fairyland lustre 'Ghostly Wood' malfrey pot and cover, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, circa 1920, the vase is inspired by the The Legends of Croquemitaine by Gustave Dore and other tales. The cover is painted with the Owls of Wisdom, Roc bird and the scorpion within a gilt border overlookng the scene below. The body decorated with fairyland scenes and includes the Demon Tree, Roc Bird, Bat in Demon Tree, Black Toad and Dwarf, Red Monkeys and the Scorpion with a long yellow tail and spines. The vase also shows White Rabbit scampering to guide the immortal Alice to Wonderland. Marked with incised shape no. 2312, printed gilt Wedgwood Portland Vase mark, painted pattern no. Z4968, 33.6 cm high. Provenance: Beard Watson & Co. Ltd, Sydney (part label attached), Private Collection, acquired from the above in the 1920s, Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above, Literature, Una Des Fontaines, Lionel Lambourne, Anne Eatwell, Miss Jones and her Fairyland, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, V & A publications, London, 1997, cover (illustrated, another example), Some Glimpses of Fairyland Depicted by M. Makeig-Jones, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd, England, 1921, p. 13 (illustrated, another example) (accompanies this lot) . Compare with a related example in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Ceramics: Wedgwood