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#MFABoston resolves ownership for vessels by enslaved potter #DavidDrake. Very cool. https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/29/mfa-resolves-ownership-for-vessels-by-enslaved-potter-david-drake #WBUR #DaveThePotter #BlackArt #BlackPottery #Art #Pottery #Museum
MFA resolves ownership for vessels by enslaved potter David Drake

In a notable agreement, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has returned two monumental stoneware vessels to the descendants of the enslaved man who made them.

aztecladyOct 30

#HopeThursday #Reparations #DavidDrake #DaveThePotter

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts returns two pieces of art made by an enslaved artist, David Drake (aka, Dave the Potter), to his descendants:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/29/mfa-boston-returns-david-drake-pottery-heirs

MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs

The terms of the restitution of the two ceramic pots have been cast in the mould of Nazi war-loot agreements

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