Why is one designer's name on so many listings?

Daisy Makeig-Jones designed the Wedgwood lustre wares that dominate this category, and her name appears in 26 of 37 titles, seven in ten. The pieces are dated to the 1910s and 1920s, and bowls make up nearly all of them. Fairyland is the named range within that group.

What forms turn up apart from bowls?

Bowls account for 29 of 37 titles, so everything else is a one-off or close to it. The archive holds a miniature cup, a pair of three-handled mugs, a Gaudy Welsh teapot, a cache pot with stand, a dish, a plaque and a perfume bottle. A large French plaque, an Art Deco perfume bottle and a Maling tulip bowl each appear once.

Does a pattern number in the title mean anything?

It's a Wedgwood pattern reference for the printed design. Z4823, Z4825, Z4828, Z4832 and Z5176 all appear in titles here. Listings quoting one sit mid-range and above. They're quoted often enough in this category to be worth learning.

How old are the pieces in this category?

The dated field runs 1910 to 1930, with fourteen listings in the 1910s and seven in the 1920s. Five are tagged simply '19th Century', covering the earlier English lustre pottery, and two Kashan bowls are given to the 12th or 13th century in their titles. A few Wedgwood pieces are tagged Edwardian although the titles read c.1915 or 1920s.

Are Persian lustre bowls part of this category?

Two are. Both are described as Kashan bowls of the 12th or 13th century, and they're the only pre-modern lustre in the archive. One of them sets the top of the range.

How often does lustreware come up for sale?

Around seven pieces a year come to market on Sellingantiques, and eleven dealers have listed one. That makes it a small category with a narrow centre: Wedgwood lustre bowls, most of them dragon, butterfly, goldfish or phoenix subjects.

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Lustreware is pottery and porcelain finished with a thin metallic film fired over the glaze, giving an iridescent sheen, and used from cheap silver-effect tableware to richly gilded decorative bowls.