Lycett China
Saturday, Dec 03, 2011 — Sunday, Mar 04, 2012
Edward Lycett (American, b. England, 1833 – 1910) was an important porcelain painter who immigrated to New York from Great Britain in 1861. By the early 1880s, Lycett and his family had settled in Atlanta and opened a studio devoted to porcelain decoration with the ancillary mission of educating young women. The studio secured its porcelain blanks from a Haviland firm near Limoges, France. Lycett china became a staple of upper-middle-class Georgia society and is found today in many Georgia homes. Although Lycett is best known for its white china with gold trim, most of the 30 pieces in this exhibition are paint decorated.
Curator
Dale Couch, adjunct curator, Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, and Michelle Miller, independent scholar
Sponsors
The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art