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A WEDGWOOD FAIRYLAND LUSTRE OCTAGONAL BOWL
Lot 43

A WEDGWOOD FAIRYLAND LUSTRE OCTAGONAL BOWL

CIRCA 1920, GILT PORTLAND VASE MARK, PATTERN NUMBER Z4968, DESIGNED BY DAISY MAKEIG-JONES

Closed21 October 2008

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A WEDGWOOD FAIRYLAND LUSTRE OCTAGONAL BOWL
CIRCA 1920, GILT PORTLAND VASE MARK, PATTERN NUMBER Z4968, DESIGNED BY DAISY MAKEIG-JONES
The black lustre exterior painted in colors and enriched in the 'Geisha' or 'Angels' pattern, the interior in the 'Running Figures' pattern
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

See Una de Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, New York, 1975, pp. 148-9, pl. 31 and fig. 59., for a very similar octagonal bowl and line drawings of these patterns.