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Dateca. 1768-70
Maker
English, Worcester
Object number94.103.132
ProvenanceThe Esperance Collection; [Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, probably in 1947-early 1948]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1948-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated March 6, 1948 to Mr Klepser); gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, August 8, 1985-September 22, 1985. 1984-85 circuit included: Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Art; San Francisco, CA, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art; Sarasota, FL, Ringling Museum of Art.
Published ReferencesSpero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 118, no. 132, illus. (b&w p. 119), Letter 1, March 6, 1948Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
DimensionsDiam.: 8 1/2 in.
MediumSoft paste porcelain