Collections: Decorative Arts: Ewer

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Ewer

• Maker: Greenwood Art Pottery Company, 1868-1933
• Medium: Porcelain
• Place Made: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
• Dates: ca. 1883-1886
• Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (24.8 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm)
• Markings: Marked on bottom: (1) hand painted in dark gold: "TS=" (2) printed in purple: floral logo with "61" at center, surrounded by circular belt with "J. E. CALDWELL & Co PHILA" and then semi-circular ribbon with "GREENWOOD ART POT.Y Co. N. J."
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Expanding Horizons, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1993.157
• Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
• Image: Overall, 1993.157_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Greenwood Art Pottery Company (1868-1933). Ewer, ca. 1883-1886. Porcelain, 9 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (24.8 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1993.157 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.157_SL1.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Ewer, white porcelain body with gilt and pate-sur-pate decoration. Circular sloping foot supports baluster shape body with elongated neck, large gilt spout and applied inverted L-shape gilt handle. Overall dark blue high glaze ground with raised gilt and bronze decoration in the Japanese taste with bamboo-like stalks and leafy fronds interspersed with thinner branches sprouting small white flowers rendered in a pate-sur-pate technique with one large feathery long-billed bird in flight. Interior of upper neck with sponged gold effect on white ground. CONDITION: Excellent.