"Butterfly Women" Vase (shape 2810)
Designer
Daisy Makeig-Jones
(English, 1881 - 1945)
Manufacturer
Wedgwood Factory
(English, founded 1759)
Dateca. 1916-1925
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 inches (19.69 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Zilpa B. Archer
Object number2021.4
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DescriptionSlender vase with curved, gilded lip; iridescent salt glaze of blue, green, and purple; naturalistic scene of vines, flowers, leaves, tree trunks and two blue gowned maidens with butterfly wings; foliated design with birds and elflike butterflies on inside of lip; designs outlined in gold; pebblelike design done in gold on base; on bottom- the Portland Vase, 3 stars, and the words: Wedgwood England.ProvenanceMrs. Zilpa B. Archer;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; 1963.
Una Des Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre: The Work of Daisy Makeig-Jones (New York: Born-Hawes, 1975): 146.
Una Des Fontaines, Lionel Lambourne, and Ann Eatwell, Miss Jones and her Fairyland (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1991)
Nelson, Harold B. Imps on a Bridge: Wedgwood Fairyland and other Lustres, exh. cat. (Long Beach, CA: Long Beach Museum of Art, 2001)
Robin Reilly, Wedgwood (London: Macmillan, 1989): Vol II, pp. 177, 180–185, 195, 578, 607. (ill. Vol. II, p. 580, fig. 1007)
Robin Reilly and George Savage, The Dictionary of Wedgwood (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collector’s Club, 1980): 141–142, 227–228
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