Vase
Object Label
James Callowhill was a highly skilled china decorator at the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company in England before he immigrated to the United States. Here he worked both independently and as a freelance decorator for several of the most important potteries, helping to raise the standard of craftsmanship in the ceramics industry in this country.
The plaque is one of a set of three that he made independently and exhibited to great acclaim in 1888. The vase was designed by Edward Lycett, a fellow English china painter also of great renown. Callowhill decorated and signed it as a free-lance artist at the Faience Manufacturing Company here in Brooklyn.
Caption
Edward Lycett American, born England, 1833–1910; James Callowhill English, 1838–1913, active United States, ca. 1885–1913. Vase, ca. 1886–1890. Glazed earthenware, 11 x 7 1/2 in. (27.9 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jay and Emma Lewis, 2014.23.
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Title
Vase
Date
ca. 1886–1890
Geography
Place manufactured: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Classification
Dimensions
11 x 7 1/2 in. (27.9 x 19.1 cm)
Markings
On bottom: Company logo transfer printed in green; impressed "658"; painted in purple "117"; incised "2/17/46"
Credit Line
Gift of Jay and Emma Lewis
Accession Number
2014.23
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