Dish

Dateca. 1756-58

Object number94.103.170

Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, February 15, 1949 (cf. letter dated May 10, 1949 from Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, to Mr Kenneth Klepser)]; sold by unnamed dealer to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1949-1994; gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Ceramic Art Society at the Seattle Art Museum, "The Klepser Collection of Early Worcester Porcelain", April 6, 1955 - May 3, 1955 (4/6/1955 - 5/3/1955) Seattle, 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. 147, p. 149, no. 170, illus. (b&w p. 149), Letter 15, May 10, 1949; Seattle Art Museum. Catalogue of the Klepser Collection of Worcester Porcelain of the Dr. Wall Period and Its Antecedents (exhibition catalogue), 1955, no. 62, illus. (p. 16, pl. VI) Sotheby’s. Catalogue of English and continental ceramics. Auction catalogue, 15 February 1949.

Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection

Dimensions7 3/4 in. (19.69 cm)

MediumSoft paste porcelain