Tea bowl and saucer

Tea bowl and saucer

ca. 1767-68

workshop of James Giles

London, (1718 - 1800)

Soft paste porcelain
Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
94.103.157
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the Earl of Dudley; [possibly sold at Christie’s, London, UK, 1774, Lot 84]; [Albert Amor Ltd, London, UK]; collection of Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, unknown purchase date until 1994; 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 ReferencesSpero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 130, p. 137, no. 157, illus. (b&w p. 138; color pl. 45)

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