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Original model for 'Algae' lamp base

(French, 1870–1936)
1904
Medium/TechniqueGlazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from a Gift of the Winfield Foundation, Gift of French and Company, Gift of the Estate of Gertrude T. Taft, and Gift of the Collection of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number2005.380
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenancePrivate collector; sold by the private collector to Robert Tschoudjouney, Paris; by inheritance from Tschoudjouney to a private collector; sold by the private collector to the Galerie Elstir, Paris; 2005, sold by Galerie Elstir to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2005)
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Jacques Sicard
about 1901–07
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1710–15
Tankard
Meissen Manufactory
about 1710–15
Restricted: For reference only
Staffordshire
about 1745–1750
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Plate
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Jardiniere
Hector Guimard
1897