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Low bowl (Paris, France and Massachusetts, decorated about 1906–27)

Decorated by: Onata North Fitts (American, 1871–1946)
Manufactured by: Haviland & Co. (1864–1891)
American
1906–27
Object Place: Brookline or Newton, Massachusetts

Medium/Technique Etched and gilded porcelain
Dimensions Diameter rim: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); H. 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift in memory of Onata North Fitts by her daughter, Doris Fitts Smith and her granddaughter, Barbara Smith Barnett
Accession Number2002.399
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionPorcelain blank having a historically-derived border design that has been etched into the body; high karat gilding covers the surface.
Marks Stamped on back of plate in green glaze: "Haviland / France." Artist's script signature in black glaze across center of plate" "Onata North Fitts."
ProvenanceThe artist, Onata North (1871-1946) and her husband, Charles N. Fitts (1870-1945), m. 1897, to their daughter, Doris Lincoln Fitts (b. 1900); to her daughter, Barbara Smith Barnett; to MFA, 2002, gift of Barbara Smith Barnett.