flow blue

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Etymology[edit]

The name is derived from the blue glaze that blurred or "flowed" during the firing process.

Noun[edit]

flow blue (uncountable)

Flow blue vegetable server in the "Normandy" pattern produced by Staffordshire potter Johnson Brothers c. 1890
  1. A style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the Regency era among the Staffordshire potters of England.
    • 2017, Lila Lee, The Lotus Blossom:
      Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter.

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