China, Dinnerware Archives

English potteries developed a type of salt-glaze earthenware which looked somewhat like porcelain . It could then be decorated with Chinese inspired designs and sold at much lower cost than Chinese porcelain. Transfer printing was invented around 1775 as a new method for decorating pottery. Because the Chinese porcelain had blue designs, the English also used blue, the only color they were certain would survive the glazing. The manufacturer's presence has extended to Sugar bowls, cup and saucers, egg cups, coffee pots, Serving bowls, Cream Pitchers, jugs, Dinner plates, es sets, 12 pieces sets, restaurant sets, bred and butter plates, oyster plates, salad dishes, teapots, preserve jars, gravy boats, mixing bowls, creamers, cookie jars, water jugs, restaurantware, cheese dishes, oval bowls,chip & Dip sets, divided snack trays, divided serving dishes, covered sauce dish, coffeee sets,tea sets. Tankard Mugs, Trigger Mugs, Luncheon Plates, Dinner Plate, Dessert Plate, Butter Crock, Creamer, Centerpiece Pie ,Lg Mixing Bowl, 6 Qt Bowl, Lg Pour Bowl, Heart Chip & Dip , Lg Oval Platter, Muffin Pan, Necessary Plate, Rect Baker, Round Platter, Soup Tureen,Sugar Bowl, Teapot, Utilitarian Pie Pan, Cake Stand, Oval Baker, Basic Soup/Pasta bowl, Family Pasta Bowl ,3 Qt Mixing Bowl, Pitchers, Chip 'n Dip, Molly Stark Pitcher, Cookie Jar/Bean Pot, American Classic Mug,
The Staffordshire region had well over 100 potteries producing this ware by the early 1800s, originally pioneered by Josiah Spode. Cobalt oxide is the base pigment used in Flow Blue. Josiah Wedgwood is generally recognized as the creator of Flow Blue pottery in the 1820s. Designs mostly oriental although scenes all types were usually romanticized visions of foreign lands.