Wedgwood Fairyland 'Elves in a Pine Tree' Plaque

Wedgwood Fairyland lustre plaque decorated in the 'Elves in a Pine Tree' design - a woodland scene with center elf smoking a pipe, another elf at the bottom right corner at base of t...

Wedgwood Flame Fairyland Lustre Covered Vase. The body of the vase is decorated with the three repeating patterns. Fairy Slide depicts a sycamore tree with a slide and various strang...

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...

This pair of unusual porcelain plaques depict two young women in period dress against gold background panels. The acid etched panels are decorated with an all-over Aesthetic Movement motif depicting peacock feathers and surrounded by sheaves of wheat. The painting of the women is finely done and very detailed in a thick enamelled application. One is playing with a stick-toy doll and the other with wheat and a toy broom. Unsigned but attributed to Thomas Allen...