Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010

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"American Modern" shaker

designed 1937; made 1938–59
Designed by Russel Wright
Manufactured by Steubenville Pottery Company
Overall: 5.1 x 5.1 cm (2 x 2 in.)
Earthenware with Granite Grey glaze, cork

Classification: Ceramics

Object Place: Steubenville, OH

Accession number: 2010.482

Location: The 1940s and 1950s

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; by unknown date, for sale on eBay; April 2010, purchased on eBay by Nonie Gadsden, Boston, MA; 2010, given by Gadsden to the MFA

Gift of Nonie Gadsden in honor of Brett Angell