Fluted creamboat
Dateca. 1750
Maker
English, Worcester
Object number94.103.20
ProvenanceMrs Dudley Cory-Wright Collection, until 1962; [Christie's, London, December 3, 1962]; 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
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 ReferencesChristie’s. Chinese ceramics, Oriental hardstones, enamels and objects of art. Auction catalogue, 12 March 1962.
Spero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, pp. 31-32, no. 20, illus. (b&w p. 31; BRISTOLL mark p. 31; color pl. 8), p. 180
Jones, Ray. The Origins of Worcester Porcelain: Local Ingenuity and the Pathways from Staffordshire, Stourbridge, Bow, Limehouse & Bristol. Worcester: Parkbarn, 2018; p. 360, reproduced fig. ii-fc.Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
DimensionsL.: 4 1/4 in.
MediumSoft paste porcelain