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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Pitcher

about 1800
Overall: 21.6 x 22.2 x 17.1 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Creamware with glazed decoration and gilding

Classification: Ceramics

Object Place: Liverpool, England

Accession number: 2011.2097

Location: Sandra Sheppard Rodgers Gallery (The Shepard House)

Description: "WASHINGTON IN GLORY" "AMERICA IN TEARS"

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; acquired at unknown date by Ruth Webb Lee (1894-1978); 1978, by inheritance to her daughter, the donor; 2010, lent to the Museum by the donor; 2011, year-end-gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones, Weston, Massachusetts to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)

Gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones