Enjoy a wide-ranging array of rare, unusual, and highly prized Flow Blue ceramic wares in 500 color photographs in this new study Fascinating Flow Blue. The focus is on products of English potteries, although beautiful examples from America and elsewhere are included. Flow Blue china was made from the early 1800s until just after the turn of the century. Since the 1700s, English pottery makers had tried to copy Chinese porcelain which exhibited many characteristics of what was to become known as Flow Blue. Chinese porcelain was quite expensive at the time as a luxury item. English potteries developed a type of salt-glaze earthenware which looked somewhat like porcelain due to the unique white hue that they produced. It could then be decorated with Chinese inspired designs and sold at much lower cost than Chinese porcelain. Because the Chinese porcelain that they were seeking to emulate had blue designs, the English also used blue, the only color they were certain would survive the glazing. Josiah Wedgwood is generally recognized as the creator of Flow Blue pottery in the 1820s, and early designs were mostly oriental although other scenics were also produced. Among the photos are lovely teapots in many shapes and sizes, children's tea and dinner services, potpourri jars, pitchers, platters, and plates. Also presented is a survey of the body shapes which Flow Blue adorns. Values for each of the items are included, along with an index and a bibliography.

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Fascinating Flow Blue