Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012

Pair of vitrines about 1937, Nickle-plated metal, painted wood, glass, 2011.1650.1-2

Pitcher about 1800, Creamware with glazed decoration and gilding, 2011.2097

Pitcher (Pomona ware, first ground) Designed by Joseph Locke, about 1885–88, Mold-blown glass, amber rim, hand etched, 2012.68

Punch bowl and stand Made by Northwood Glass Company, about 1895–1910, Pressed glass, 2012.67a-b

Punch set designed about 1937–38, Chromium-plated metal, wood or plastic, 2011.2100.1-14

Ramekin and saucer (Pomona ware, second ground) Made by New England Glass Co., East Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1885–88, Blown glass with amber rim, second ground, blueberry design in red, gold, and blue, 2012.70a-b

Raw Glass Between Jared French, about 1948, Tempera on Whatman board, 2012.407

Screen Designed by Donald Deskey, about 1930, Wood, canvas, metal fittings, aluminum leaf, paint, 2011.1648

Seaweed and Shells Edna Reindel, 1932, Oil on canvas, 2012.408

Side chair Master of Toledo, about 1870–1890, Mahogany, replaced upholstery, 2012.252

"Skyscraper" desk and bookcase Designed by Paul Theodore Frankl, about 1928, Walnut, paint, brass handles, electrical wiring and light bulb, 2011.1647

Study for Lincoln the Frontiersman Avard Fairbanks, deisgned 1940-44; this cast 1980-89, Painted plaster, 2011.2103

Sugar bowl with lid Designed by Mary Einstein Wright, designed about 1955; made about 1955-59, Glazed earthenware, 2012.254a-b

Table Possibly designed by Jules Buoy, about 1937, Nickle-plated metal, painted wood, 2011.1651

The Dancing Bear Anne Lyman Powers, about 1952, Oil on canvas, 2011.1688

The Tribuna of the Uffizi Amasa Hewins, about 1830–33, Oil on canvas, 2011.2102

Twelve-piece vanity set Manufactured by Tiffany & Co., designed and made 1934, Silver, mahogany, mirrorred glass, Bakelite, velvet, 2011.1649.1-12

Two tripod dishes, five pottery vessels, one Peccary effigy knob, five effigy supports from pottery vessel, one feline effigy metate, one figure, one seated figure (sukia) 800–1400 CE, Earthenware, earthenware with slip paint, or stone (basalt?), 2011.2084-2095, 2011.2448

United States Patent for Roswell Gleason's Magic Caster about 1871, Ink on paper, SC.Gleason III

Vase Grueby Faience Company, about 1897, Glazed stoneware, 2011.1689