A large Isleworth combed slipware dish, 18th century, the shallow oblong form decorated with a

A large Isleworth combed slipware dish, 18th century, the shallow oblong form decorated with a cream ground combed with brown slip, with piecrust indentations to the rim, some wear, 35.5cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

Cf. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, Vol. 16, Part 3, Raymond Howard, Isleworth Pottery: Recognition at Last?, p.350, fig.13 for a comparable dish. Many shards of similar dishes in a range of sizes were excavated from the bed of the River Thames near Isleworth.