CultureEnglish
Titles
- The Bare Knuckle Fighters
Datec.1811–1815
Made inEngland
MediumLead-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration
Dimensions.1: 8 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (21.3 x 9.5 x 11.7 cm)
.2: 8 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (21 × 9.5 × 11.7 cm)
.2: 8 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (21 × 9.5 × 11.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Alan Blackburn, William R. Camp, Jr., Alfred Deaton, Frank J. Hevrdejs, Ralph Thomas and J. Virgil Waggoner in honor of William J. Hill at "One Great Night in November, 1995"
Object numberB.95.15.1,.2
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
On view
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Provenance[Phillip Suval, Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia], a dealer exhibiting at The Theta Charity Antiques Show, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Exhibition History"A Present from the Staffordshire Potteries," Theta Charity Antiques Show of Houston, George R. Brown Convention Center, September 23–26, 2004.
"Exhibited As We Are”: Fighting Racism with Art in the Age of Slavery,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bayou Bend, April 29–August 16, 2015.
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