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Charger with Foliate Rim and Peacock Decoration
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Department of Asian Art
Nicholas Marshall Cummins (by 1891–1904) by inheritance; to Martina Josephine Cummins (1904–1945) by inheritance; to Philip Cummins (1945–after 1955) sold; to Richard Bryant Hobart Cambridge MA (after 1955–1961) gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1961.
Notes:
1. Collector Nicholas Marshall Cummins (1834/5–1904) an Irish engineer employed by the British East Indian Railway Co. who retired to Magog Quebec Canada in 1891.
2. Martina Josephine Cummins (d. 1945) wife of Nicholas Marshall Cummins
3. Philip Cummins (1884–1986) son of Nicholas Marshall Cummins
4. Richard Bryant Hobart (1885–1963) Harvard College Class of 1906
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Richard B. Hobart
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