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ca. 1775-78

Soft paste porcelain
Diam.: 7 1/4 in.
Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
94.103.169
Provenance: The Eckstein Collection, until 1949; [Sotheby's, London, March 29, 1949]; [purchased by Mr Winifred Williams, Eastbourne, England, at Sotheby’s, March 29, 1949]; [sold to Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, 1950]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1950-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated May 16, 1950, 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 ReferencesSpero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 146, no. 169, illus. (b&w p. 146)
Sotheby’s. Catalogue of the important collection of fine old English pottery and porcelain. Auction catalogue, 29 March 1949.

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