Cream pot

ca. 1929

Lead-glazed red earthenware

4 5/8 × 3 11/16 in. (11.7 × 9.3 cm)

Gift of Mary Meixner

1993.111.1

Geography:

Made in Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexican

Period:

20th century

Classification:

Containers - Ceramics

Provenance:

Gertrude Meixner (1911–1996), Milwaukee, Wis., 1929 [see note 1]; given to her sister Mary Meixner (1916–2004), Milwaukee, Wis., by 1993; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1993

Note 1: According to the donor, purchased by Gertrude Meixner in 1929 while on a trip to Mexico.

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions and Gifts 1993,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1994): 162.

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