Is blue and white mostly English?

No. Chinese titles slightly outnumber English ones across the archive, so the category leans as much to Asian porcelain as to Staffordshire pottery. English transfer-printed pottery and ironstone is still the single largest strand, and a named pattern on an English dish or platter is the most repeated thing on Sellingantiques. Chinese export porcelain runs a close second, with Japanese Arita and Imari behind it.

What does "19th Century" mean in a listing?

It means the dealer's bracket, not a year. Of the dated listings, 198 are given as simply "19th Century" and 138 as "18th Century", which makes the two commonest labels the least precise ones. Where a listing does carry a clean year, or a circa form such as c1820, that is a narrower claim. Reign labels like Georgian, Victorian and Regency sit somewhere in between.

Which shapes come up most often?

Serving pieces. Bowls lead, then dishes, chargers, platters and tureens, with plates behind them. Around the tableware sits a smaller run of tiles, jars, jardinieres and utility forms. Footbaths, a patterned sink, ewer-and-basin bathroom sets, a dairy milk pail and a baby feeder bottle have all been listed.

Are Delft tiles part of this category?

Yes, and they are the usual entry point. They appear singly and in sets of five, six and eight, and they cluster at the very bottom of the range. Delft accounts for a good number of titles overall, Dutch and English both, with Bristol and Lambeth named as English origins. Beyond tiles the delft forms include chargers, jars, posset pots, bough pots, apothecary jars and plaques.

What is shipwreck cargo porcelain?

Chinese porcelain recovered from wrecked trading ships and sold with that provenance attached. Nanking Cargo, Ca Mau and "Ming Cargo" pieces all appear in these titles. It runs as a small sub-thread rather than a branch of its own, and sits with the earlier-dated Chinese material near the top of the range.

How many dealers offer blue and white?

143 different dealers have offered pieces in this category, one of the widest dealer bases in ceramics on Sellingantiques. About 88 pieces are listed a year. That spread is why the category runs from single tiles to monumental jardinieres and garden seats.

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Ceramics decorated in cobalt blue on a white ground, made for the table and the sideboard, from Chinese export porcelain and Dutch delft to English printed dishes.