The outstanding feature of her work was the lustre, an iridescent effect obtained by firing the objects with various metallic oxides. Daisy created two ranges of ware: the socalled Ordinary Lustres, featuring such motifs as butterflies and Chinese dragons, and the Fairyland Lustres, whose imagery included fairies, elves, imps, goblins, and other fantastic creatures. She produced dozens of distinct Fairyland Lustre designs, which were applied to a variety of shapes of vases, bowls, trays, covered vessels, and plaques.

When Fairyland Lustre appeared in 1914, Wedgwood's bone china was primarily used for tea and table wares. By 1916, Daisy's lustreware had helped secure the company's

reputation, for the first time in the history of Wedgwood, as THE manufacturer of the most sought after bone china ornamental ware. Daisy's luster patterns dominated Wedgwood's production throughout the 1920s. However, between 1929 and 1931, a combination of events led to the beginning of the end of Fairyland Lustre production. These included the American stock market crash of 1929; the declining popularity of jewel colors and decorated wares in favor of plainer, more muted colors and monotonous designs; and the death of one of Fairyland Lustre's greatest champions, Wedgwood Chairman Frank Wedgwood (1867-1930), who had succeeded Cecil after his death in World War I. His successor, Josiah Wedgwood V, made no secret of his distaste for Fairyland Lustre. In