There he fostered the production of luxurious "art pottery, " the ceramic counterpart of the richly colored and textured "art glass" produced by Louis Comfort Tiffany and other innovators.
Born in England's pottery center, Staffordshire, and trained as a ceramic painter and gilder in the renowned Copeland (formerly Spode) potteries of Stoke-on-Trent, Lycett (1833-1910) emigrated to New York in 1861.
They have welcomed plans for a ceramic academy in Stoke-on-Trent "in principle" but urged one of the big pottery firms in the area to help to teach traditional pottery skills.
In keeping with the historic theme, blog commenter "Pamela Ann Smith" said that Turkey's exquisite Iznik pottery, which has blue floral motifs, owes much to the development of rare blue ceramic dyes in China.