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Paul Revere Pottery of the Saturday Evening Girls club
(active 1908–1942)
Sara Galner
(American, born Austria–Hungary, 1894–1982)
February 1917
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with glaze
DimensionsOverall: 15.9 x 10.8 x 1 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. David L. Bloom and family in honor of his mother, Sara Galner Bloom
Accession number2007.375
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
The Pottery exemplified the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement which promoted handcraftsmanship, the integration of art into everyday life, and healthy working conditions for artisans. Decorated with playful designs of barnyard animals, native flowers, and rural landscapes, the ceramics were made, decorated, and signed by members of the Saturday Evening Girls club, which was established in 1899 to provide cultural activities for immigrant girls of Italian and Jewish heritage living in the tenements of Boston's North End.
Inscriptions"S.E.G. / 2–17 / S. / G."ProvenanceEarly history unknown; some time between 1987 and 2005, acquired by Dr. David L. Bloom, Morristown, NJ, then Boston, MA; given by Dr. David L. Bloom to the MFA (Accession date: XXXX)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
