Ewer (one of a pair)

Peter Archambo I

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

When George Booth became Earl of Warrington at the age of nineteen, he inherited the estate of Dunham Massey, which was heavily burdened by debt. Thirty years elapsed before he could afford to rebuild his family pride by buying silver on a large scale. This pair of monumental ewers (see also 68.141.140) was among the silver that furnished the ten principal bedrooms of the house, all of which were equipped with enough silver to perform the morning ablutions.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art