flow blue

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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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