Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2011
Oval inkstand
about 1810–15
Made by George Bullock
Length x width: 34.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Veneered with ebony and brass, glass bottles
Classification: Decorative arts
Culture: English (London)
Accession number: 2010.1038.1, 2a-b, 3a-b,
Description: Constructed in ebony, with brass inlays, of rectangular form with bowed ends, a three division rack for bottles.
Provenance/Ownership History: About 1810/1815, probably made for Matthew Robinson Boulton (b. about 1772 - d. 1842), Tew Park, England; until 1987, by descent within the family, to Major Eustace Robb, Tew Park; May 27-29, Tew Park sale, Christie's, London, lot 13. About 1987/1988, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery), Liverpool. By 1988, H. Blairman and Sons, London. About 2002, acquired on the London art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2010, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)
Gift of Horace Wood Brock