Milk jug

Dateca. 1765-68

Object number94.103.93

ProvenanceThe Lady Heilbron Collection, until 1954; [Sotheby's, London, UK, December 7, 1954]; purchased by Mr John Perkins, London, at Sotheby’s on December 7, 1954 on behalf of Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1954-1994 (cf. letters from Mr T. Leonard Crow, Welwyn Garden City, England, dated November 24 and December 17, 1954, to Mr Klepser); 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 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. 88, p. 90, no. 93, illus. (b&w p. 90; color pl. 26) ; Seattle Art Museum. Catalogue of the Klepser Collection of Worcester Porcelain of the Dr. Wall Period and Its Antecedents (exhibition catalogue), 1955, no. 110, illus. (p. 39, pl. XVIII, and cover); Emerson, Julie. The Collectors: Early European Ceramics and Silver. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1982, color pl. 98 Sotheby’s. English pottery; fine English porcelain. Auction catalogue, 7 December 1954.

Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection

Dimensions5 1/4 in. (13.34 cm)

MediumSoft paste porcelain