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Plate (Paris, France and Massachusetts, decorated about 1906–27)
American
1906–27
Object Place: Brookline or Newton, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Acid-etched and gilded porcelain
Dimensions
H 9 1/2 in. (25 cm); Diameter 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm).
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Onata North Fitts by her daughter, Doris Fitts Smith and her granddaughter, Barbara Smith Barnett
Accession Number2002.397
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionPorcelain blank having a historically-derived border design that has been etched into the body; high karat gilding covers the surface.
Marks
Stamped in green glaze on back of plate: "Haviland / France." Written in gold glaze in script: "To / Lincoln W. Fitts / from / his / Mother / 1914."
ProvenanceThe artist, Onata North (1871-1946) and her husband, Charles N. Fitts (1870-1945), m. 1897, to their daughter, Doris Lincoln Fitts (b. 1900); to her daughter, Barbara Smith Barnett; to MFA, 2002, gift of Barbara Smith Barnett.