Bowl
Arthur Stone
(American, born in England, 1847–1938)
Herbert A. Taylor
(born in 1871)
about 1908–37
Object PlaceGardner, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions10.5 x 23.9 cm (4 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBenjamin Pierce Cheney Donation
Accession number1977.19
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver hollowware
Collections
This bowl is reminiscent of eighteenth-century Chinese export porcelain lotus bowls and thus relates to Boston’s predominant taste for colonial design and ornament. The fluid, attenuated floral decoration, however, aligns it with the Art Nouveau style, which had become popular by the turn of the twentieth century. This piece was the first by Stone to enter the Museum’s collection.
This text has been adapted from "Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000," edited by Jeannine Falino and Gerald W.R. Ward, published in 2008 by the MFA. Complete references can be found in that publication.
