Ewer

1886–90

Edward Lycett (American, born England, 1833–1910)
Faience Manufacturing Company (American, 1881–1892)
Brooklyn, New York

In 1884 Brooklyn’s Faience Manufacturing Company hired English ceramist Edward Lycett to revitalize its commercially stagnant wares. The decorative scene of a chicken and rooster strutting among raspberry vines on a bright blue background recalls Chinese ceramics, as well as the work of French artist-potter Théodore Deck, in the polychromatic, overglazed decoration with multiple textures. Lycett transformed the artistic identity of the firm by experimenting with clay bodies and glazes, creating works on a monumental scale, and refining designs based on the Aesthetic movement—a combination of Japanese, Chinese, and Near Eastern motifs.

Status: On View, Gallery 177
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Edward Lycett (Designer)
Title: Ewer
Place: Brooklyn (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1886–1890
Medium: Earthenware with glazes and gilding
Inscriptions: Marked bottom, stamped in green ink: "FMCo" [letters overlayed; company's monogram]; label, blue ink: "R. A. ELLISON / 534 LA GUARDIA PL / NY, NY 10012".
Dimensions: 56.5 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm (22 1/4 × 9 × 9 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 2014.3
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Annual Report of the Art Institute of Chicago (2013–14): 1.

Robert A. Ellison, Jr. (1932–2021), New York, by 2014; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2014.

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