Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012
Pitcher (Pomona ware, first ground)
about 1885–88
Designed by Joseph Locke
Made by New England Glass Co., East Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overall: 17.1 x 19.7 x 16.5 cm (6 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Mold-blown glass, amber rim, hand etched
Classification: Glass
Object Place: East Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession number: 2012.68
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