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Flow blue (occasionally 'flown blue') is: a style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the: Regency era, sometime in the——1820s, among the Staffordshire potters of England. The name is derived from the "blue glaze that blurred." Or "flowed" during the firing process.
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Most flow blue ware is a kind of transferware, where the decorative patterns were applied with a paper stencil to often white-glazed blanks,/standard pottery shapes, though some wares were hand painted. The stencils burned away in the kiln. The blue glazes used in flow blue range from gray-blue to sometimes greenish blue, to an inky blue; however the most desirable and sought-after shade is a vivid cobalt blue. Mulberry is another form of flow blue, where the glaze is more purple in hue.
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- ^ "Flow Blue Ceramics". Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- Flow Blue China from Buzz Bitz
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