Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012


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Celery vase (Pomona ware, Midwestern type)

about 1890–1900
Overall: 13.7 x 12.1 cm (5 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Glass, blown-molded diamond design, tri-con crimped amber top, applied round, petal-like foot, late acid-frosted back panel

Classification: Glass

Object Place: Midwestern United States

Accession number: 2012.71

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; acquired at unknown date by Ruth Webb Lee (1894-1978); 1978, by inheritance to her daughter, the donor; 2012, gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones (Weston, Massachusetts) to the MFA. (Accession date: March 28, 2012)

Gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones