Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2010
Residential lug soup bowl
Designed 1953; made about 1953–60
Designed by Russel Wright
Manufactured by Northern Industrial Chemical
Overall: 4.13 x 15.24 x 13.34 cm (1 5/8 x 6 x 5 1/4 in.)
Melamine (plastic)
Classification: Plastics
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Accession number: 2010.34
Description: Bowl has a blue and white mottled effect, characteristic of Residential pieces.
Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; by date unknown, antique shop, Wells, ME; 2008, sold by shop to Barbara and Gerald Ward, Portsmouth, NH; 2010, gift of the Wards to the MFA. (Accession date: February 24, 2010)
Gift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W.R. Ward