Collections: Decorative Arts: Ewer

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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, 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, 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