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Helmet jug
Helmet jug

Helmet jug

Dateca. 1752
Object number94.103.3
Provenance[Mr Alex Lewis, London, England or New York probably in 1949]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1949-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated May 10, 1949, 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 ReferencesSpero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 22, no. 3, illus. (b&w p. 22; color pl. 3), Letter 15, May 10, 1949; Seattle Art Museum. Catalogue of the Klepser Collection of Worcester Porcelain of the Dr. Wall Period and Its Antecedents (exhibition catalogue), 1955, no. 11, illus. (p. 10, pl. I) Jones, Ray. The Origins of Worcester Porcelain: Local Ingenuity and the Pathways from Staffordshire, Stourbridge, Bow, Limehouse & Bristol. Worcester: Parkbarn, 2018; pp. 422 & 428, reproduced fig. i.
Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
Dimensions7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm)
MediumSoft paste porcelain
Small fluted jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1760
Object number: 76.145
Small cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1762
Object number: 76.177
Cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1760
Object number: 76.180
English, Worcester
ca. 1765-70
Object number: 85.293
Cider jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1770-72
Object number: 94.103.139
Cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1754-55
Object number: 94.103.178
Cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1760-62
Object number: 94.103.188
Cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1752-53
Object number: 94.103.17
Cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1752-53
Object number: 94.103.18
Cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1753
Object number: 94.103.19
Cider jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1754
Object number: 94.103.30
Cream jug
English, Worcester
ca. 1770
Object number: 94.103.75