Cream boat
Dateca. 1754-55
Maker
English, Worcester
Object number94.103.22
Provenance[Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, 1950]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1950-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated April 1, 1950 to Mr Klepser); 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 ReferencesMarshall, Henry Rissik. Coloured Worcester porcelain of the first period, 1751-1783. Newport, Monmouthshire: Ceramic Book Co., 1954.
Spero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, pp. 32-33, no. 22, illus. (b&w p. 32; color pl. 9)Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
DimensionsL.: 5 1/2 in.
MediumSoft paste porcelain