Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2011–June 2012
Pitcher
about 1790–1810
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Creamware, with transfer-printed decoration
Classification: Ceramics
Culture: English, possibly Liverpool
Accession number: 2012.31
Location: C. Kevin and G. Barrie Landry Gallery (Home in the New Nation)
Description: Creamware pitcher with transfer-printed decoration. One side shows figures of Peace, Plenty, and Independence, with the other side depicting an unidentified ship.
Provenance/Ownership History: Around 2008, sold by American History Auctions, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, to Timothy Phillips, Cambridge, MA; 2012, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 29, 2012)
Gift of Timothy Phillips in memory of Thomas F. Phillips, Jr.