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An All-over Flow Blue Child's Service, Circa 1850-60
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An All-over Flow Blue Child's Service, Circa 1850-60

19th century
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A rather charming and unusual Flow blue Child's Dinner Service in ironstone with a charming sheet pattern.

All in perfect condition.

10 Dinner plates, 6 soup bowls, 6 dessert plates, 5 side plates, soup tureen on stand, 2 sauce tureens on stands, 2 veg tureens, footed comport, pie dish, 2 sauce boats, 1 pickle dish, 4 platters

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Vanbrugh West Antiques Ltd has dated this Flow Blue Childrens Service to the 19th Century.

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Description
A rather charming and unusual Flow blue Child's Dinner Service in ironstone with a charming sheet pattern.

All in perfect condition.

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10 Dinner plates, 6 soup bowls, 6 dessert plates, 5 side plates, soup tureen on stand, 2 sauce tureens on stands, 2 veg tureens, footed comport, pie dish, 2 sauce boats, 1 pickle dish, 4 platters.
Vanbrugh West Antiques Ltd
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Vanbrugh West Antiques Ltd has dated this Flow Blue Childrens Service to the 19th Century.

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A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates.
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Archive I A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates.

An All-over Flow Blue Child's Service, Circa 1850-60

Archive II A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates. View II
Archive III A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates. View III
Archive IV A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates. View IV
Archive V A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates. View V
Archive VI A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates. View VI
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Vanbrugh West Antiques Ltd
Telephone 07801 650780
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Admiral Vernon Arcade (Basement Level)
141 Portobello Road
London
W11 2QB
United Kingdom
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A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates.
An all-over Flow blue Child's service, circa 1850-60
Ref: SA1202986
A multi-piece Victorian childs miniature dinner service crafted in white earthenware with a cobalt flow blue floral transfer pattern, including tureens, platters, sauce boats, and plates.
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  • ObjectMiniature Dinner Service
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialEarthenware, Glaze
  • ColourBlue and White
  • MotifsFloral transfer pattern, Octagonal platters, Lidded tureens, Scroll handles

This Victorian miniature dinner service from the mid nineteenth century comprises a multi-piece collection of earthenware tableware decorated in a cobalt blue and white floral transfer pattern with soft, blurred flow edges beneath a clear shiny glaze. The set includes multiple lidded tureens with domed finials, octagonal platters, sauce boats with scroll handles, soup bowls, plates, a footed comport, a pie dish, and a pickle dish, all arranged together to display the comprehensive assortment. The ceramic surfaces show the classic continuous sheet decoration across every individual piece, finished with distinct moulded rims and matching underplates. Measuring approximately 25 cm across the largest serving platter, this petite service fits neatly upon a sideboard top or display cabinet within an English country house interior today. It suits decorative arrangement in a traditional dining room or living space, bringing period charm and miniature scale to a collector shelf or display surface without taking up significant room.

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Flow blue is a style of cobalt-decorated white earthenware or porcelain popularized in England during the Victorian era, reaching peak production between the 1840s and 1900s. The distinctive softened effect was achieved by adding volatile chemicals such as lime or ammonia to the kiln during firing, causing the cobalt oxide transfer pattern to bleed or flow into the surrounding white glaze.

These pieces were typically manufactured from white earthenware, ironstone, or semi-porcelain. The designs were applied using copper-plate transfer printing, where an engraved copper plate transferred tissue paper patterns coated with cobalt ink onto unfired ceramics before glazing.

Authentic period pieces show characteristic blurring and blue hazy halos extending outward from the printed lines into the glaze. They often feature maker stamps, registration marks, or pattern names printed in blue on the underside, alongside slight glaze crazing and authentic foot-rim wear consistent with age.

Miniature ceramics add historic texture when arranged inside a glass-fronted cabinet, displayed along a sideboard top, or grouped within a shallow shadow box frame. They work well alongside contemporary neutral backdrop tones, providing visual interest through intricate pattern and deep cobalt colouring.

Wash pieces individually by hand in lukewarm water using a mild, non-abrasive soap, avoiding prolonged soaking which can penetrate micro-crazing. Do not use dishwashers or abrasive scouring pads, and store in temperature-stable environments away from direct thermal shock.
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