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Lot 87

An Isleworth feeding cup, circa 1770-85

30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,040 inc. premium

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An Isleworth feeding cup, circa 1770-85

Of very distinctive shape with 'butterfly-wing' handles raised at the sides, the round bowl covered at the front with a semi-circular platform and with a gently-curving spout, printed in blue with a wide range of small flower sprigs and insects including two versions of the 'Gillyflower' or carnation spray, a sprig of berries on the spout, 17.7cm wide across handles, 8.8cm high (one handle broken and restuck, some minor chips and short, fine cracks)

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Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), colour pl. 60 and pl. 281. Also illustrated by Massey, Pearce and Howard, Isleworth Pottery and Porcelain (2003), p. 50, fig. 79, and by Anton Gabszewicz and Roderick Jellicoe, Isleworth Porcelain (1998), catalogue no. 32, with related shards of the pattern shown in pl. K. Another example was in the Gilbert Bradley, Watney and Pinewood Collections and was sold in these rooms 10 May 2000, lot 786 and 31 October 2001, lot 122. A taller version of the same shape was also made at Isleworth. Shards corresponding with these distinctive handles have been found at Hounslow. All of the known examples of Isleworth feeding cups are decorated with the same series of floral prints.

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