SALE Wonderful English Flow Blue 12 Sided Plate ~ Amoy Pattern by Davenport Staffordshire England 1840-1850

Pottery : Antique : Earthenware : Transferware : England : English : Blue And White : Flow Blue

 

This wonderful old plate has a beautiful scene of two women standing under a parasol by a wall behind the wall is full of flowers, trees and foliage. The underside of the plate shows the blue color bleeding through and has been decorated with three groups of flowers. The blue color is so deep yet the pattern is still very clear. This piece is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines. The pattern name, suggested by the Chinese elements in the design, refers to the Chinese port city known in the nineteenth century as a center of the tea trade. Flow blue was made in England and other countries about 1830 to 1900. The dishes were printed with designs using a cobalt blue coloring. The color flowed from the design to the white body so that the finished piece has a smeared blue design. The dishes were usually made of ironstone china.

The Davenport business was founded in Longport, Staffordshire, in 1793 by John Davenport (1765-1848), and continued by his sons and grandson until 1882. At one time the firm controlled four potteries in Longport and one in Stoke. The Davenports made earthenware in various grades (including creamware, stone china, and ironstone), stoneware, bone china, and glass. Two patterns in flow blue by the Davenports have been recorded Rhine and Amoy. The latter is the best known, and apparently it occurs only in flow blue.

Backstamp: cartouche enclosing AMOY, above DAVENPORT, printed underglaze in blue, shown above; and DAVENPORT above an anchor, impressed. This impressed mark is characteristic on Davenport's ironstone china.

Measures: 10 ½”

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Item ID: PLT794