23rd May, 2024 11:00

European Objects & Works of Art

 
Lot 22
 

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A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD FAIRYLAND LUSTRE VASES, CIRCA 1920

'Candlemas' pattern (No.Z5154) designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, slender baluster form (shape 3148), each gilt and lustred with three black gound panels with a candle with a woman's head aureole to the flame flanked by a three-light candelabra and a figure above a coiled dragon, the blue ground straps between with imps climbing flower tendrils, printed Portland vase marks, painted pattern number and incised numbers, 26cm high

The designs of Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood (1881-1945) reflected a contemporary passion for fairies and the 'other-worldly', found in the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and the Danish artist, Kay Nielsen; the latter apparently inspiring the Candlemas pattern with her illustrations for 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North', in particular perhaps the plate 'She saw the Lindworm for the first time...' (to be found on page 57 of the edition published in New York by G.H. Doran, 1922).

Sold for £3,500


 

'Candlemas' pattern (No.Z5154) designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, slender baluster form (shape 3148), each gilt and lustred with three black gound panels with a candle with a woman's head aureole to the flame flanked by a three-light candelabra and a figure above a coiled dragon, the blue ground straps between with imps climbing flower tendrils, printed Portland vase marks, painted pattern number and incised numbers, 26cm high

The designs of Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood (1881-1945) reflected a contemporary passion for fairies and the 'other-worldly', found in the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and the Danish artist, Kay Nielsen; the latter apparently inspiring the Candlemas pattern with her illustrations for 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North', in particular perhaps the plate 'She saw the Lindworm for the first time...' (to be found on page 57 of the edition published in New York by G.H. Doran, 1922).

Auction: European Objects & Works of Art, 23rd May, 2024

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