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a silver ewer in an elaborately ornamented style
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Somewhere between Venice and Paris, just as afternoon tea was served—raspberry tartlets and biscotti squisiti, coffee poured from silver ewers into porcelain cups—JR, the French artist known for his public installations, was starting to freak out.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Inspired by antiques like cobalt glass, Egyptian glass ewers and hotel breakfast sets and mid-20th-century Italian glassware, Jacobsen came up with the Continental Collection.
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
19 Nov. 2025
Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.
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Lisa Wong MacAbasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.
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Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Sep. 2024
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Inspired by antiques like cobalt glass, Egyptian glass ewers and hotel breakfast sets and mid-20th-century Italian glassware, Jacobsen came up with the Continental Collection.
—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
19 Nov. 2025
Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.
—
Lisa Wong MacAbasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.
—
Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Sep. 2024
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“Ewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ewer. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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ewer
noun
ew·er
ˈyü-ər 
ˈyu̇(-ə)r
: a vase-shaped pitcher or jug
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