Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2011–June 2012
Two-Handled Vase (Pelike)
about 1770
Attributed to Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley, active 1769–1780
Overall: 18.4 x 12.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (7 1/4 x 5 x 4 x 4 in.)
Stoneware (“basalt”) with enamel (“encaustic”) and slip decoration
Classification: Ceramics
Culture: English (Staffordshire)
Accession number: 2011.2007
Provenance/Ownership History: Before 1960, probably purchased in New York by William Jacobson (b. 1920 – d. 1967), Brooklyn, NY; 1967, by inheritance to his brother, Herman Jacobson (d. 1980), Brookline, MA; 1980, by inheritance to his son, Kenneth Jacobson, Hadley, MA; 2011, sold by Kenneth Jacobson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 21, 2011)
Rowland Burdon-Muller Fund