Basket
Dateca. 1770-72
Maker
English, Worcester
Label TextThe center of this basket is transfer-printed with the Pine Cone pattern. Transfer-printing was an innovative British decorative technique that put the livelihood of porcelain painters in jeopardy. Using a printing process that involved engraved copper plates, enamel color, and paper, a design could be transferred from a copper engraving to multiple ceramic bodies in less time than it took to hand-paint the decoration.
Object number94.103.208
ProvenanceCollection 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
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. 165, p. 179, no. 211, illus. (b&w p. 179)Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
DimensionsL.: 8 1/4 in.
MediumSoft paste porcelain
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