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Plate

ca. 1772-74

workshop of James Giles

London, (1718 - 1800)

Soft paste porcelain
Diam.: 9 in.
Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
94.103.154
Provenance: [Likely sold at Christie’s, London, UK, March 1774, Lot 64]; (unknown, 1774-?); [Albert Amor Ltd, London, UK]; [purchased by Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, on behalf of Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1948-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated June 24, 1948 to Mr Klepser)]; gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994
location
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 ReferencesEmerson, Julie. "The Klepser Collection of Worcester porcelain." The Magazine Antiques, January 1988.

Spero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 130, pp. 135-136, no. 154, illus. (b&w p. 136; color pl. 44), Letter 5, June 24, 1948; Emerson, Julie. The Collectors: Early European Ceramics and Silver. Seattle, Wash.: Seattle Art Museum, 1982, no. 93, illus. (color pl.)

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