Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012


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Punch set

designed about 1937–38
Overall: 24.1 x 37.1 cm (9 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.) Height x diameter: 6 x 7.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.) each glass Height x diameter: 27.9 x 24.1 cm (11 x 9 1/2 in.) bowl without ring Height x diameter: 27.9 x 37.1 cm (11 x 14 5/8 in.) bowl with ring Height x width: 30.5 x 7.9 x 20.3 cm (12 x 3 1/8 x 8 in.) ladle
Chromium-plated metal, wood or plastic

Classification: Silver hollowware

Object Place: United States

Accession number: 2011.2100.1-14

Description: Lidded bowl with ring, ladle, twelve cups.

Provenance/Ownership History: 1997, purchased by Tamsen McMahon at an unkown antiques store in Dallas, TX; 2011, year-end-gift of Tamsen and Patrick McMahon to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)

Gift of Tamsen and Patrick McMahon