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Large plate

American
about 1924
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Medium/Technique Earthenware
Credit Line Gift of the Storrow Family
Accession Number1999.565
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionLarge glazed plate with blue rim, off-white inner circle, and central polychrome medallion decorated with a goose in a landscape and the initials "JJS" in black.
ProvenanceCommissioned by Helen (Mrs. James J.) Storrow, the founder and benefactor of the pottery, for her family table; the service descended to Helen's son, James, and then to her grandson, James Storrow; to MFA, 1999, gift of James Storrow.