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Paperweight
Made by: Paul Revere Pottery of the Saturday Evening Girls club (active 1908–1942)
Decorated by: Sara Galner (American, born Austria–Hungary, 1894–1982)
Decorated by: Sara Galner (American, born Austria–Hungary, 1894–1982)
July 1914
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with glaze
Dimensions
Overall: 2.2 x 7.6 cm (7/8 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. David L. Bloom and family in honor of his mother, Sara Galner Bloom
Accession Number2017.4730
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
The Saturday Evening Girls also made products that played off their organization's name and location, including a set of thirteen tiles that illustrates Longfellow's famous children's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," and a related punch bowl. For tourists or interested neighbors they created paperweights and tiles that featured Paul Revere galloping on his horse, or local buildings of historic interest.
DescriptionPaperweight decorated with image of Paul Revere on horseback.
Inscriptions"S.E.G. / 7-14 / S.G."
ProvenanceBetween about 1987 and 2005, acquired by Dr. David L. Bloom, Morristown, NJ and Boston; 2017, year-end gift of Dr. David L. Bloom to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)