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An Isleworth small Dragon bowl, circa 1765-75
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £780 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Isleworth small Dragon bowl, circa 1765-75
Probably a large teabowl, painted in blue with the Dragon pattern, the central beast with a distinctive slug-like appearance and an arrow in its mouth pointing to a sprig of weed, its writhing body extending around the exterior of the bowl among dark cloud motifs, 10.2cm diam
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A large saucer painted with an identical version of the Dragon pattern is among a number of Isleworth porcelains belonging to Joscelyne Hepworth, a descendant of the Shore and Golding families. This is illustrated by Massey, Pearce and Howard, Isleworth Pottery and Porcelain (2003), p. 66, fig. 102. A very similar teabowl and saucer is illustrated by Ray Howard, Isleworth Pottery, Recognition at Last, ECC Trans, Vol 16, Part 3, p. 358, fig. 38 and by Anton Gabszewicz and Roderick Jellicoe, Isleworth Porcelains (1998), fig. 13.
