Vase (One of the "Twin Stars of Chelsea")
Chelsea Keramic Art Works
(active 1872–1889)
Hugh Cornwall Robertson
(American, born in England, 1845–1908)
1884–89
Object PlaceChelsea, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWheel-thrown stoneware with red-blue reduction glaze and lustrous blue highlights
Dimensions17.78 x 8.25 x 8.25 cm (7 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Eleanor M. Hearn
Accession number65.1710
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceCreated and owned by Hugh C. Robertson; displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair; Lent to MFA by William A. Robertson June 12, 1911 until October 1, 1913; to Eleanor and Paul Hearn, by J. Milton Robertson, grandson of the maker, Hugh Cornwall Robertson, 1964; to MFA, 1965, gift of Eleanor Hearn.
