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Vase (one of the "Twin Stars of Chelsea")

Chelsea Keramic Art Works (active 1872–1889)
Hugh Cornwall Robertson (American, born in England, 1845–1908)
American
1884–89
Object Place: Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Wheel-thrown stoneware with red-blue reduction glaze and lustrous blue highlights
Dimensions 15.87 x 8.25 x 8.25 cm (6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Eleanor M. Hearn
Accession Number65.1709
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryStoneware

ProvenanceCreated and owned by Hugh C. Robertson; displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair; Lent to MFA by William A. Robertson June 12, 1911 until October 1, 1913; to Eleanor and Paul Hearn, by J. Milton Robertson, grandson of the maker, Hugh Cornwall Robertson, 1964; to MFA, 1965, gift of Eleanor Hearn.