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Covered box

American
about 1924
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Earthenware
Dimensions 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (10 x 12.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Storrow Family
Accession Number1999.581a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionLidded box with tan or buff body glazed off-white with blue band at top; lid with blue border and tan center with central medallion decorated with polychrome goose in a landscape and the initials "JJS."
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.