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[[Image:EdwardSMorse.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Edward Sylvester Morse]]

[[Image:EdwardSMorse.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Edward Sylvester Morse]]

*''Birth: [[1838]]/6/18, Portland, ME''

*''Birth: [[1838]]/6/18, Portland, ME''

*''Death: 1925/12/20''

*''Death: 1925/12/20, Salem, MA''

Edward Sylvester Morse was a pioneer in the study of Japanese [[ceramics]] and in their introduction to the West. A native of Maine, he originally traveled to Japan in order to study brachiopods - that is, shellfish - but became fascinated with porcelains and ceramics while there. His collections, which he later sold or donated to the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] and to the [[Peabody-Essex Museum]] in [[Salem, MA]], remains today one of the most famous and most extensive collections of Japanese ceramics and folk objects in the world.

Edward Sylvester Morse was a pioneer in the study of Japanese [[ceramics]] and in their introduction to the West. A native of Maine, he originally traveled to Japan in order to study brachiopods - that is, shellfish - but became fascinated with porcelains and ceramics while there. His collections, which he later sold or donated to the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] and to the [[Peabody-Essex Museum]] in [[Salem, MA]], remains today one of the most famous and most extensive collections of Japanese ceramics and folk objects in the world.