12-05-201512-05-2015
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2870BBoston
December 5, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Three Saturday Evening Girls Decorated Plates

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$861$700
Auction: 20th Century Design - 2870BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 05, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Three Saturday Evening Girls Decorated Plates
Hand-decorated pottery
Made for SEG decorator Celia Goodman, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1920
Two-tone blue surround with a central tree medallion in spring green, brown, with striated sky impressed Paul Revere Pottery mark, each dia. 9 3/4 in.

Provenance: Celia Goodman's wedding dishes, descended in the family.

Note: It was the custom that the girls decorated for each other as a wedding gift. SEG decorator Sarah Galner's wedding service is part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Estimate $900-1,500


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Keywords

Sarah Galner, Celia Goodman