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Residential lug soup bowl
Residential lug soup bowl

Residential lug soup bowl

Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Northern Industrial Chemical (active 1904–1963)
Designed 1953; made about 1953–60
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMelamine (plastic)
DimensionsOverall: 4.13 x 15.24 x 13.34 cm (1 5/8 x 6 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W.R. Ward
Accession number2010.34
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPlastics
InscriptionsStamped in base: Russel/Wright/RESIDENTIAL/by/Northern/BOSTON 27 ("Russel Wright" and "by Northern" is in script)ProvenanceEarly history unknown; by date unknown, antique shop, Wells, ME; 2008, sold by shop to Barbara and Gerald Ward, Portsmouth, NH; 2010, gift of the Wards to the MFA. (Accession date: February 24, 2010)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
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Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
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Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
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Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
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Group shot: 2010.566-7
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Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
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Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
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