M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES
 

RARE SET OF 3 ISLEWORTH POWDER BLUE PORCELAIN SHAPED DESSERT PLATES

England, c1770

(Previously attributed to Bow)

 

 

 

 

Of fluted form, each dessert plate with a circular central well depicting an island riverscape with formal buildings

 and a willow to the right, and a pine trees to the left, all before rocks and with rather prominent birds in the sky; the even powder

blue ground with reserved panels: four fan-shaped border panels painted with houses and pine trees alternating with willows and pine

with birds; four small round panels of lotus sprigs; the verso with twigs beneath the rim and pseudo Chinese character marks

 

Note: Previously attributed to Bow.  Further study has shown that these are actually from Isleworth, Middlesex, whose porcelain

has only in recent years begun to be properly attributed.  The porcelain is of bone-ash, similar to Bow, and patterns are similar

to Bow and Worcester, the founders of Isleworth having both worked previously with Worcester.  The glaze is slightly different, and

the four fan shaped reserves have an interesting 3-dot decoration, seen also in the Worcester pattern known as "Cannonball",

derived from an earlier "3-dot painter" at Lund's Bristol.

 

Condition: Excellent; each with minor firing flaws (visible below)

 

7 1/8" to 7 3/8" Diameter

 

SOLD

 

#5524

 

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Price: Please Inquire

 

 

Bow Powder Blue Octagonal Dessert Plate, and Isleworth Fluted Dessert Plate, shown with a Kangxi Powder (or Blown)

Blue Dish, c1690-1720 (center).  Bow, Worcester and Isleworth copied the Chinese export originals, blowing dry

cobalt through a bamboo straw  onto an oiled surface, masking the reserves for painting.  They are among the most striking

of all early English porcelains.

 

 

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