A FAIENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY (GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN) EARTHENWARE IVORY AND COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE

CIRCA 1886-90, GREEN PRINTED MONOGRAM MARK, IMPRESSED 1121, PAINTED IRON-RED 93, DESIGNED BY EDWARD LYCETT

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A FAIENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY (GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN) EARTHENWARE IVORY AND COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE
CIRCA 1886-90, GREEN PRINTED MONOGRAM MARK, IMPRESSED 1121, PAINTED IRON-RED 93, DESIGNED BY EDWARD LYCETT
Of baluster form, painted in salmon and raised gold with chrysanthemums among grass, between bands of gilt vermiculé and 'cracked ice' with flower-heads
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

Provenance

With Bernard & S. Dean Levy Inc., New York, NY, 1984-1985.
Hascoe Family Foundation; New York State Museum, Loan No. L85.2.5.
Hascoe Family Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 23 January 2011, lot 150 (partial lot).

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Lot Essay

A covered vase with similar decoration is illustrated in B. Veith, Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn's Faience Manufacturing Company, 2011, pp. 70-71. She notes that pieces of this decoration are often inscribed '93', as this one is, as a code for the decorator or motif.

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