Cup and saucer

ca. 1772-75

London, (1718 - 1800)

Soft paste porcelain

Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection

94.103.153

Provenance: [James Lewis, New York]; [purchased by Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, on behalf of Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1949-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated February 26, 1949 to Mr Klepser)]; collection of Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1949-1994; gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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. 135, no. 153, illus. (b&w p. 135), Letter 13, February 26, 1949

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