Plate

ca. 1772-74

Soft paste porcelain

Diam.: 8 3/4 in.

Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection

94.103.102.1

Provenance: The Eckstein Collection, until 1949; [Sotheby’s, London, March 29, 1949]; (unknown, 1949-1950); [Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, 1950]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1950-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated January 12, 1950 to Mr Klepser]; gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

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. 88, p. 96, no. 102, illus. (b&w p. 96), p. 105

Sotheby’s. Catalogue of the important collection of fine old English pottery and porcelain. Auction catalogue, 29 March 1949.

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

Learn more about Equity at SAM

Plate

Plate

Related Works

Resources