Description:

WEDGWOOD FAIRYLAND LUSTRE - an extremely rare 3 5/8in. Malfrey pot and cover
first quarter 20th century, designed Daisy Makeig-Jones, decorated with Elves and Bell Branch pattern, depicting goblins and elves dancing on and around a mushroom, spider webs in the background against a midnight blue lustre glaze, the cover with a fairy to centre of spider web with gold gilded spider at one side with small fairies and leaves randomly scattered, the inner of lid with central large spider in web with scattered flies and flowers on light green lustre ground, underside with gold and black Portland vase mark and "Wedgwood England", also indistinct pattern no. (possibly Z208) - please see photo.
* A very similar Malfrey pot and cover sold for $31,050.00 at Murphy Auctions in their Lamp & Glass sale in 2007, lot 395.
** Very good / excellent condition, no chips, cracks or hairlines found, two tiny marks to gilt on fairy to centre of web on cover, some seepage from lustre bleeding into green glaze at base underside and inner pot, pattern number indistinct but visible.

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