Plate
Dateca. 1770
Maker
English, Worcester
Object number94.103.147
ProvenanceThe Rissik Marshall Collection, until 1953 (cf. Mr T. Leonard Crow’s letter dated November 24, 1954, to Mr Kenneth Klepser); [Sotheby's, London, UK, January 27, 1953]; purchased at Sotheby’s by Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, January 27, 1953-1994; gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
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 ReferencesJacob-Hanson, Charlotte. "A Giles Italianate Service: Fifteen Worcester Plates Reveal a Decorative Grand Tour," in American Ceramic Circle Journal, Volume XVII, 2013, pp. 5, 9, illus. fig. 3, p. 7
Spero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 130, p. 131, no. 147, illus. (b&w p. 131; color pl. 39)
Sotheby’s. Catalogue of a fine collection of Worcester porcelain ... early Chelsea porcelain. Auction catalogue, January 27, 1953
Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
DimensionsDiam.: 9 in.
MediumSoft paste porcelain