"Royal Flemish" covered jar
Mount Washington Glassworks
(active 1837–1894)
1889–1894
Object PlaceNew Bedford, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueGlass, stained and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 15.2 × 14.6 cm (6 × 5 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Judith Jackson Hanson in memory of Peter Krau Jackson
Accession number2019.1805a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsGlass
Collections
ProvenanceAround 1891, acquired by John Luther Jackson [see note]; by descent to his son, John Spencer Jackson (b. 1894 - d. 1989), Chicago; by descent to his son, Peter Krau Jackson (b. 1922 - d. 2003), Sturgis, Michigan; 2003, by descent to his sister, Judy Jackson Hanson (b. 1927 - d. 2019), Evans, Georgia; 2019, gift of the Estate of Judy Jackson Hanson to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)
NOTE:
Mr. Jackson, a patent lawyer in Chicago, possibly received the jar as a wedding gift on his marriage to Laura E. Bond, June 24, 1891.
NOTE:
Mr. Jackson, a patent lawyer in Chicago, possibly received the jar as a wedding gift on his marriage to Laura E. Bond, June 24, 1891.
