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Summary: Origins and characteristics of flow blue china; tips on identifying origins and characteristics in this free video guide to collectible plates and dinnerware.
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Sue Shea Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19... read more
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Questions & AnswersAnother later pattern that I'll show you here and this is the early 1900s and this is something to look for when you're looking at flow blue. Because it tells you it's made in England and it was a US tax law that was passed in the 1890s that said that any import from England had to be stamped. Either in England made or in England so you're going to see when you look at this and you see England you know that this pattern is after 1890s. So that's a big help when you're looking at the flow blue's cause this does have a dark flow in it, a dark flow but it's a later pattern. And the other thing to really remember is this gilding will tip you off but it's not as early as some of these other patterns. So when you're looking at the form on the back remember to look for either made in whatever country it is or just the country name and you'll know that's the late 1880s up to the 1900s. Whereas the other patterns that we showed you here; the Formosa pattern if you look at it it just states that it's Formosa it doesn't mention England here at all. So you know by looking at this and the fact that it's a heavier pattern that this the early 1800s so those are some ways to distinguish between your patterns. And here are some other designs the different patterns that you can see here this is an oragon pattern very distinct but oriental design too. Still the early 1820s-1830s pattern very heavy on the blue a very oriental so that to you can look again here and you don't see, you only see oragon you don't see what country or origin on this. So that's a tip off of age to, so one more example we have here which is heavy flow blue but it also says England on it so we know this is a later pattern. Made in the late 1800s all the way up to the 1900s this is a later pattern so that's a good way to distinguish between earlier 1800s and later 1800s into the 1900s.
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