Teacup and saucer

ca. 1768-70

English, Worcester

workshop of James Giles

London, (1718 - 1800)

Soft paste porcelain

Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection

94.103.152

Provenance: [James Lewis, New York]; [Mr T. Leonard Crow, Welwyn Garden City, England, 1955]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1955-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated July 25, 1955 to Mr Klepser); gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994

Not currently on view

Resources

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. 130, p. 134, no. 152, illus. (b&w p. 134; color pl. 43)

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