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A Fairyland Bowl
Wedgwood
designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881–1945)
porcelain

From Wikipedia:
"Susannah Margaretta ‘Daisy’ Makeig-Jones … was a pottery designer for Wedgwood.[1] She is best known for her Fairyland Lustre series.[2][3][4]

Makeig-Jones was born in Wath-upon-Dearne near Rotherham, Yorkshire, the eldest of seven children. Her father, K. Geoffrey Makeig-Jones, was of Welsh descent and was a medical doctor, and her mother was the daughter of Thomas Reeder, a solicitor. Makeig-Jones was taught by a governess at home, then attended a boarding school near Rugby. After her family moved to Torquay, she entered the Torquay School of Art.[3] After discussions with the managing director of Wedgwood, Cecil Wedgwood, Makeig-Jones joined the firm as an apprentice painter in 1909.[5] After two years at Wedgwood, Makeig-Jones, clearly talented, started to design tableware in 1911.

Attracted to the fanciful, she began to design Oriental dragon patterns in 1913. She moved on to her signature Fairyland Lustre design in 1915, a year after the war in Europe started.[6][7]
These lines were just what were needed at Wedgwood, which was in a slack period when the Fairyland Lustre series was released, according to Nicholas Dawes, an independent New York antiques dealer. ‘Many Europeans were looking for something to escape from the horrors of war,’[6] continues Dawes, who describes the goblins and floating fairies in the pottery's neon landscapes as ‘escapist stuff, real fantastical.’[6]

Dawes notes that the rise of Makeig-Jones within Wedgwood was unusual not only because she was a woman, but also because she rose from within the company's ranks, an exception to the well-known designers that Wedgwood normally brought in from outside. The Fairyland Lustre line proved immensely popular across the Atlantic during the Roaring 20s, providing Wedgwood a popular and pricey product with which to penetrate the lucrative American market. But soon Makeig-Jones' Art Nouveau fairies faded from fashion. Dawes says it was no surprise that the line was discontinued in 1929.[6] ‘It had been around long enough that people were getting tired of it,’ Dawes continues, ‘and with the Depression, the American market just dried up.’[6] ... "
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carolsmc

@Berkeleyborn
It would be so much fun to see one of Daisy's fanciful pieces, especially this one with its beautifully contrasting interior and exterior. Maybe well spot one of hers on our next shopping trip with Bubble.

Berkeleyborn

Love this bowl too. . . as many before me here have attested. Thank you Carol for bringing us such beauty. . . and news of fairies!

carolsmc

@jbprols
YW, June. And thanks!

jandchris

Love this bowl - thanks Carol.

jbprols

I wish...

carolsmc

@jbprols
Glad you like it. Put it on your Christmas wishlist, Bernadette, and keep us posted if you get it. 8^))

jbprols

My husband and I watched that movie last week. It was really good, Fairy Tale: A True Story.
@leslieg

carolsmc

@eagleboi
You're right that it was both her good fortune and Wedgwood's that she was taken on there. I need to take a look at her oriental dragon things. Not as good as these FL
creations, I take it?
@LizzyK; @Isaly2
I'm so glad you enjoyed this, friends.
@leslieg
It's nice to meet you! You must have quite a collection. How wonderful!
I do remember that move, though I never saw it. I recall that it was based on a real story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being convinced that fairies had been documented on film. When I made this puzzle of a piece by Richard Doyle, I got some insight into how his family may have nurtured his imagination and belief in fairies. https://www.jigidi.com/jigsaw-puzzle/1peu6vx8/in-fairy-land-a-series-of-pictures-from-the-elf-world-by-richard-doyle-1870/

jbprols

I would love to own one of these fabulous bowls. What a beauty!

Isaly2

Beautiful Wedgewood bowl and interesting information.

LizzyK

Lovely!

leslieg

Do you remember the movie about the 2 little girls who “caught faeries on film?”

leslieg

I am totally surprised that I have never seen any of this design before. I have so many sets of china and other objects that “made it through the depression,” as my mother was fond of saying.

eagleboi

Daisy Makeig-Jones was as lucky to be hired by Wedgwood as they were to have her. Her switch from oriental dragon to her Fairyland Lustre design is a beautiful step forward in her career. Very nice, thanks Carol.

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