Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn's Faience Manufacturing Company


17 September 2011 - 26 February 2012

Mint Museum Randolph 

     

Portrait of Edward Lycett, from The Marks of American Potters

 

 

The ceramics produced by the Faience Manufacturing Company (1881-1892) embodied the style of the Aesthetic Movement. Its vivid and intricate art pottery displayed a fusion of Eastern influences. During the 1880s, these pieces were praised as ceramics that "surpassed everything previously produced in this country." Edward Lycett, an English china painter who became the artistic director of the company in 1884, was responsible for much of the firm's commercial and artistic success.

 

Organized by the University of Richmond, this collection of work displays the superior craftsmanship and artistry of the pottery as well as the synthesis of cultures in their design that is characteristic of the Aesthetic Movement. The exhibition includes objects from public and private collections, and archival items to further illuminate Lycett's life and work. Curated by Barbara Veith, independent scholar of American ceramics and glass, and a former Research Associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a catalogue of the exhibition will also be available. A lecture by Barbara Veith on Edward Lycett and the Faience Manufacturing Company of Brooklyn is below: 

 

                                                        

 

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Selected Print Resources in The Mint Museum Library

 

 

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This page was created by Catherine Craig, Intern for The Mint Museum Library