Daisy Makeig-Jones, whose work is on view at NMWA through August 16 in Casting a Spell, created Fairyland Lusterware for the Wedgwood pottery company in the early 20th century. These...
![Detail image of a ceramic punchbowl painted with blue, green, red, and purple tones. The details of a mythological scene are painted in gold on top of the swaths of color.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2019.22_detail_44182-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Not Losing their Luster—Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones
Posted: May 28, 2015
Category: Daisy Makeig-Jones
NMWA exhibition Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones features work that the artist (1881–1945) created for the Wedgwood pottery company. She is best known for Fairyland Lusterware, a Wedgwood...
![Porcelain pedestal bowl featuring an iridescent lustreware glaze. Around the bowl, winged fairies and sprites cavort on a vibrant green field set against a deep blue background. The figures and the decorative elements along the rim and foot of the bowl are outlined in gold cloisonne.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Daisy-Makeig-Jones_07-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
The upcoming exhibition Casting a Spell: Ceramics by Daisy Makeig-Jones brings the magic of the 20th-century ceramic designer to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, May 1–August 16....
![Interior view of a colorful, iridescent lusterware bowl featuring gold cloisonne and an ornamental Art Nouveau design. At the center, a light-skinned mermaid bathes in the ocean. Radiating outward, and repeated five times, is a lush agrarian scene.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Daisy-Makeig-Jones_04-aspect-ratio-2.25x1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1864x330.jpg)