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Storage Jar
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Jimmy Smith Greenville South Carolina 1980s sold; to Tom Smith Shelby North Carolina sold; [through Phil Winged Clover South Carolina]; to Dr. John Hoar Huntsville Alabama sold; [through Robert Hunter British and American Porcelain and Pottery] sold; to Harvard Art Museums 2016.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Anonymous Fund in memory of Henry Berg; bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop by exchange; gift of C. R. Simpkins "A Tribute to the Class of 1892." by exchange; gift of Mrs. Henry James by exchange; and gift of Mrs. George R. Agassiz by exchange
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