Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2011–June 2012
Pitcher
about 1790–1800
H. 11 1/2 in.; W. 10 in.; Diam. 7 in.
Creamware, with transfer-printed and enamel decoration
Classification: Ceramics
Culture: England, Staffordshire or Liverpool
Accession number: 2011.2124
Location: C. Kevin and G. Barrie Landry Gallery (Home in the New Nation)
Description: "Boston Fusilier" solder in red jacket on one side and "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" on the other, with eagle and shield below spout.
Provenance/Ownership History: Paul C. Richards, Gardner, MA (d. ca. 1990); around 1997, purchased from a private collector by William R. and Teresa F. Kurau (dealers), Lampeter, PA; purchased by Timothy Phillips, Cambridge, MA; 2011, gift of Timothy Philips to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012).
Gift of Timothy Phillips in memory of Thomas F. Phillips, Jr.