Coffeepot
Dateca. 1758-60
Maker
English, Worcester
Object number94.103.50
Provenance[Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, 1948]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1948-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated March 6, 1948 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 ReferencesEmerson, Julie. "The Klepser Collection of Worcester porcelain." The Magazine Antiques, January 1988.
Spero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 55, no. 50, illus. (b&w p. 54; color pl. 17), Letter 1, March 6, 1948; Mackenna, F. Severne. Worcester Porcelain: The Wall Period and its Antecedents. Leigh-on-Sea, Eng.: F. Lewis, 1950, pl.29, no. 58Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
Dimensions10 in. (25.4 cm)
MediumSoft paste porcelain