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Ewer Ewer
This is a ewer. It was designed by Pitts Harrison Burt and decorated by Matthew Andrew Daly and manufactured by Rookwood Pottery and Gorham Manufacturing Company. It is dated 1894 and we acquired it in 1984. Its medium is earthenware, glaze, silver overlay. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Silver overlay, popular in the late nineteenth century, is the application of silver over a ceramic or glass object, producing the contrast of gleaming silver on another medium. Here the silver is a torsade around a naturalistically decorated
ewer.
This object was
donated by
William Goodman and Marcia Goodman.
It is credited Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
- Drawing, Design for an Ewer
- black and white chalk on beige laid paper .
- Gift of Ogden Codman.
- 1916-9-5
Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 54.6 x 21.3 cm (21 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside of ewer: [1] “RP”, impressed with 8 flames (manufacturer’s and date mark; 1894) [2] “MAD”, impressed (decorator’s mark) [3] “496XX”, impressed, “496” (shape number; 1889-), “XX” (size mark)* [4] “W”, impressed, (claybody mark; white clay) * The Shape Record Book notes that number 496 was designed by Pitts Harrison Burt in April 1889; the “The XX” Indicates that this was larger than the normal “A” size.
It is inscribed
on underside rim, silver mount impressed: "999/1000 FINE GORHAM MFG CO." (Faint double hit causes "999" to appear as "888").
Cite this object as
Ewer Ewer; Designed by Pitts Harrison Burt (American, 1837 - 1906); Decorated by Matthew Andrew Daly (American, 1860 – 1937); Manufactured by Rookwood Pottery (United States), Gorham Manufacturing Company (United States); USA (pottery); earthenware, glaze, silver overlay; H x diam.: 54.6 x 21.3 cm (21 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Marcia and William Goodman; 1984-84-9
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.
