Collections: Decorative Arts: Ewer

08:26 10/06/2009

Thanks for your interesting comment about our ewer. You'll soon be receiving information about Callowhill works in the collection from curator Barry Harwood. And since you're working on a publication, I wanted to put you in touch with Ruth Janson, our Rights and Reproductions Coordinator. She'll work with you on getting images and licensing for the works you want to include in your book. You can find more information here: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/image_services.php Deb Wythe, Digital Lab

posted by debwythe

11:46 10/03/2009

The Ewer designed by Edward Lycett is very interesting as the decoration is very much in the style of the Callowhill brothers(particularly James Callowhill, who as you probably know joined Edward Lycett at the Faience Co in 1886. This ewer is very much in the Worcester style and the japanese influenced decoration was very much in vogue at Worcester at this time. I am writing a book concerning the Worcester Artists and would very much like to have any images that you might have of James Callowhill's work. Regards, Dave Manchip

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Ewer

• Designer: Edward Lycett, American, 1833-1892
• Maker: Faience Manufacturing Company
• Medium: Porcelain
• Place Made: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1885
• Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 8 x 8 in. (41.9 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
• Markings: On base: impressed "623"; printed, standard logo of intertwined "FMC"; handpainted "12"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Orientation Gallery, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1999.1
• Credit Line: Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis in honor of Kevin L. Stayton
• Image: Overall, 1999.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Edward Lycett (American, 1833-1892). Ewer, ca. 1885. Porcelain, 16 1/2 x 8 x 8 in. (41.9 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis in honor of Kevin L. Stayton, 1999.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.1_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Ewer, cream-colored porcelain with polychrome decorations in the Japanese taste. Squat bulbous body resting on canted foot ring, tapers to elongated cylindrical neck. Neck flares at top with upright duckbill-shaped spout. C-shaped gilded, reticulated handle attached at the middle of the neck and shoulder of body. Polychrome decorations on body accented and traced with gold: raspberry bush branch with berries, and leaves, and a bird on one side; smaller branches extend around to the other side which also includes a butterfly. Molded band around top edge of neck with gilded floral motifs; gilded bands around foot ring and edge of spout. Condition: Excellent