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

(American, 1871–1946)
1906–27
Object PlaceBrookline or Newton, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueEtched and gilded porcelain
DimensionsDiameter rim: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); H. 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm)
Credit LineGift in memory of Onata North Fitts by her daughter, Doris Fitts Smith and her granddaughter, Barbara Smith Barnett
Accession number2002.399
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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.
Group shot: 2002.400.1-9
Onata North Fitts
1906–27
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Honesdale Decorating Company
1901–1915
William Ellis Tucker Porcelain Factory
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William Ellis Tucker Porcelain Factory
1826–1838
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