Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2008–June 2009
"Boston Lighthouse" cocktail shaker
designed 1927; manufactured 1927–29
Manufactured by International Silver Company
Overall: 53.3 x 17.8 cm (21 x 7 in.)
Silverplated metal (probably chrome)
Classification: Silver hollowware
Object Place: Meriden, Connecticut
Accession number: 2009.2784
Location: John Axelrod Gallery (American Modern: The 1920s and 30s)
Provenance/Ownership History: Owned by Laurance Heaton Sturtevant of Dorchester, Massachusetts (may have received it as a gift); descended in the family to William English of Hingham, Massachusetts; 2009, gift of Edna and William English to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)
Gift of Edna and William Sturtevant English