Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Octagonal Bowl

This exquisite Wedgwood sauceboat is crafted of tricolor jasperware, one of the firm's rarest creations. The sauceboat's classic form displays a be...

This enchanting antique Wedgwood black basalt inkwell is crafted in the form of an ancient oil lamp. With a removable well and holes for storing pens ...

Comprised of a platter and serving bowl, this incredibly intricate salad set was crafted in the desirable Delphos pattern by the Libbey Glass Company. Stunning fields of diamonds are cut with immense precision, making this pattern one of the most dazzling American Brilliant Period cut glass patterns ever created. A banana bowl adorned in the Delphos pattern is featured in Rarities in American Cut Glass by Herbert Wiener and Freda Lipkowitz on page 19. The bowl and platter bear the Libbey acid-etched mark. The Libbey Glass Company was the foremost and most respected producer of the best cut glass of the Brilliant Period. From its very inception, the Libbey Glass Company assumed and maintained a prominent position, considered second to none in the production of premium American glass. The company was founded in 1818 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was known as the New England Glass Company. In 1878, William L. Libbey leased the company, changing the name to the New England Glassworks, LLC, Libbey and Sons, Proprietors. His son, Edward Drummond Libbey, took over the operation in 1883 and, in 1888, he closed the Massachusetts factory and moved to Toledo, Ohio, renaming the company the Libbey Glass Company. Libbey became the largest cut glass factory in the world during the Brilliant Period (1878-1915). The company's incredible exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair propelled Libbey's world-wide reputation. They brought 130 of their most skilled craftsmen to blow and cut glass, awing spectators by demonstrating the complicated and precise process of transforming raw molten glass into dazzling works of art. Today, examples of Libbey cut glass...

This remarkable cut glass punch bowl by Sinclaire is cut in the rare Brussels pattern. This absolutely stunning pattern is one of the company's sc...

This two-piece punch bowl and ladle set is cut in one of the rarest and most desirable designs of the American Brilliant Period – Meriden’s sophisticated Jewel pattern. On the bowl, ...

Wedgwood began crafting pastille burners in the early nineteenth century, and this stunning dolphin burner is a gorgeous example of his innovative desi...

A mother of pearl butterfly lustre bowl with a stunning orange interior, made circa 1915 by Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood. This butterfly lustre bowl is a gorgeous example of Da...

5392 Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Porcelain Vase decorated in the “Candlemas” design by Daisy Makeig Jones 19cm high, 16cm wide Circa 1920.

An octagonal fairyland lustre bowl, decorated with Geisha pattern, one of the best loved of Daisy Makeig-Jones’ designs. Probably the best of Wedgwood's female designers, Daisy wa...

Currently on loan to The David Roche Foundation for their exhibition "Josiah Wedgwood - Master Potter to the Universe". Daisy Makeig Jones’ description relates this to Völuspá, a poem from the Poetic Edda, which is a collection of Old Norse poems. In Völuspá, it is said that the dwarves were created by the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and that they were condemned to live underground. The Light Elves are also mentioned in the poem as being allowed to live in the realm of Alfheim, which is a place of beauty and light. In Norse mythology...

Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre octagonal bowl decorated with 'Firbolgs' design on ruby lustre to exterior, 'Thumbelina' design to the interior. 'Roseberry Bead'...

An "ordinary" lustre bowl, with ruby lustre decoration to the outside, and a marvellous medallion in the centre. Probably the best of Wedgwood's female ...