Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2010
"American Modern" gravy boat
designed 1937; made 1938–59
Designed by Russel Wright
Manufactured by Steubenville Pottery Company
Overall: 7 x 26 x 10.8 cm (2 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Earthenware with coral glaze
Classification: Ceramics
Object Place: Steubenville, Ohio
Accession number: 2010.31
Location: Henry Luce Foundation Gallery (Behind the scenes: Collecting)
Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; by date unknown, eBay Auctions; August 8, 2009, sold on eBay to Barbara Martin, Cambridge, MA; 2010, gift from Martin to the MFA. (Accession date: February 24, 2010)
Gift of Barbara T. Martin in honor of Lillian S. Gould