Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012
Punch bowl and stand
about 1895–1910
Made by Northwood Glass Company
Overall (Base): 16.5 x 23.5 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Overall (Bowl): 18.7 x 38.7 cm (7 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Overall: 32.7 cm (12 7/8 in.)
Pressed glass
Classification: Glass
Object Place: Indiana, Pennsylvania
Accession number: 2012.67a-b
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