Bowl

Paul Revere Pottery of the Saturday Evening Girls club (active 1908–1942)
Decorated by: Sara Galner (American, born Austria–Hungary, 1894–1982)

March 1912

Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Medium/Technique Earthenware with glaze

Dimensions Overall: 8.9 x 25.4 cm (3 1/2 x 10 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. David L. Bloom and family in honor of his mother, Sara Galner Bloom

Accession Number2007.369

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware

This virtual tour and its corresponding installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, celebrates a recent gift to the Museum of more than 130 works by the Paul Revere Pottery, almost all of which were decorated by one of its most talented artists, Sara Galner. The gift was made by Sara Galner's son, David L. Bloom, and his family.

DescriptionGreen bowl with goose design on interior.

Inscriptions"13.3.12. / S.E.G. / 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)