1920's Daisy Makeig Jones Wedgwood “Leapfrogging Elves” bowl
Superb Wedgwood “Fairyland Lustre” porcelain bowl in the “Leapfrogging Elves” pattern.
Exterior decorated with “Leaping frog elves” on a black and green ground, the interior with “Elves on a branch” on an opalescent lustre ground.
The base with gilded printed mark containing a Portland vase above 'Wedgwood Made in England”, pattern number Z4968 with letters S and F.
Made by Daisy Makeig Jones (1881-1945) for Wedgwood, c. 1920’s
298 g
6.8 cm tall
14 cm across the top
6.5 cm across the base
Period restoration in one place; crack that is visible on both sides of the bowl.
Superb Wedgwood “Fairyland Lustre” porcelain bowl in the “Leapfrogging Elves” pattern.
Exterior decorated with “Leaping frog elves” on a black and green ground, the interior with “Elves on a branch” on an opalescent lustre ground.
The base with gilded printed mark containing a Portland vase above 'Wedgwood Made in England”, pattern number Z4968 with letters S and F.
Made by Daisy Makeig Jones (1881-1945) for Wedgwood, c. 1920’s
298 g
6.8 cm tall
14 cm across the top
6.5 cm across the base
Period restoration in one place; crack that is visible on both sides of the bowl.
Superb Wedgwood “Fairyland Lustre” porcelain bowl in the “Leapfrogging Elves” pattern.
Exterior decorated with “Leaping frog elves” on a black and green ground, the interior with “Elves on a branch” on an opalescent lustre ground.
The base with gilded printed mark containing a Portland vase above 'Wedgwood Made in England”, pattern number Z4968 with letters S and F.
Made by Daisy Makeig Jones (1881-1945) for Wedgwood, c. 1920’s
298 g
6.8 cm tall
14 cm across the top
6.5 cm across the base
Period restoration in one place; crack that is visible on both sides of the bowl.
Susannah Margaretta ‘Daisy’ Makeig-Jones was born in 1881 in a small mining village near Rotherham, where her father was a GP. She joined Wedgwood as a trainee in 1909 at which time the factory was no longer as successful or considered so innovative as it once had been.
She was promoted to lead designer in 1914, and in due course, Makeig-Jones brought fresh life to Wedgwood with her marvellous glazes and whimsical designs; her innovative wares, particularly her 'fairlyland lustre' series, soon gained a huge following.
In 2015, a major exhibition of Makeig-Jones' work called 'Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones' was held at The National Museum of Women in the Arts, New York. For more information, visit the NMWA website.
