Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2011
Jardinière
about 1883
Made by Minton & Co.
Design attributed to Christopher Dresser
Height x width: 45.7 x 53.3 x 44.5 cm (18 x 21 x 17 1/2 in.)
Diameter of foot: 12 1/2 in.
Glazed earthenware
Classification: Ceramics
Accession number: 2010.609
Provenance/Ownership History: Between about 1960 and 1990, probably purchased on the New York art market by Herbert Mitchell (b. 1924- d. 2008), New York; 2010, sold by the estate of Herbert Mitchell to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)
Benjamin Pierce Cheney Fund