Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012
Vase (Pomona ware, Midwestern type)
about 1890–1900
Overall: 17.5 x 11.1 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Blown round vase, square amber top, acid-frosted surface, polychrome enameled daisy and leaf and fern types, late acid-frosted back panel
Classification: Glass
Object Place: Midwestern United States
Accession number: 2012.72
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