A WILLIAM LYCETT BERRY STRAINER AND AN AESTHETIC TRAY

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE PRINTED CIRCULAR UPPERCASE MARK TO THE FIRST, THE TRAY ATTRIBUTED TO OTT & BREWER

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A WILLIAM LYCETT BERRY STRAINER AND AN AESTHETIC TRAY
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE PRINTED CIRCULAR UPPERCASE MARK TO THE FIRST, THE TRAY ATTRIBUTED TO OTT & BREWER
The first with gilt shaped rim and reticulated body, the center gilt with an R, raised on four gilt feet; the second of shell-form with gilt-line rim, enriched in two-tone gilding and platinum with a crane and a butterfly among the clouds, daisies and grains of wheat below
16 in. (40.6 cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

William Lycett was the son of Edward Lycett, known as 'the pioneer of China painting in America'. After gaining notoriety in New York porcelain circles, William moved to Atlanta in 1883 and opened a china-painting business at 67½ Whitehall Street, where this piece was produced. See Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, American Porcelain 1770-1920, New York, 1989, pp. 196-7, pl. 96 for an Ott & Brewer shell-form tray depicted as part of a tête-á-tête.

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