Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2011
Plate
about 1880
Haviland & Co.
Limoges workshop in Paris
Diam: 24.1 cm ( 9 1/2 in.)
Porcelain
Classification: Ceramics
Culture: French
Accession number: 2010.952
Description: Part of a series; this one marked "N. 8 Faint heart never won fair lady."
Provenance/Ownership History: About 2000, purchased on the antique market in Massachusetts by Malcolm Rogers, Brookline, MA; 2010, gift of Malcolm Rogers to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2010)
Gift of Malcolm Rogers