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Large 19thc Scottish Spongeware Bowl
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Large 19thc Scottish Spongeware Bowl

19th century
Sold 4 November 2025 · Mike Melody Antiques
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A large 29cms round 19thc scottish spongeware bowl with typical all over decoration.

We are dating as 1860 but could be earlier and selling as scottish based on where we bought it.

This naive decoration is always sought after and apart from 1 edge chip (see pic) and normal wear and tear to the glaze it is perfect without restoration.

Country kitchen pottery at its best.

As always offered at our normal realistic price inc.postage UK

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Established in1977 in chester

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Mike Melody Antiques has dated this Scottish Spongeware Bowl to the 19th Century.

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Description
A large 29cms round 19thc scottish spongeware bowl with typical all over decoration.

We are dating as 1860 but could be earlier and selling as scottish based on where we bought it.

“
This naive decoration is always sought after and apart from 1 edge chip (see pic) and normal wear and tear to the glaze it is perfect without restoration.
Mike Melody Antiques
fig 1. An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background.
fig 1. Large 19thc Scottish Spongeware Bowl

Country kitchen pottery at its best.

As always offered at our normal realistic price inc.postage UK

All forms of payment including ccs etc

Lapada_cinoa members since1985

Established in1977 in chester

Export please ask.

All forms

Date of Manufacture

Mike Melody Antiques has dated this Scottish Spongeware Bowl to the 19th Century.

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Mike Melody Antiques
Mike Melody Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2013

Combined 85 years of buying and selling quality antiques and still loving it.

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An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Large 19thc Scottish Spongeware Bowl

Archive II An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background. View II
Archive III An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background. View III
Archive IV An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background. View IV
Archive V An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background. View V
Archive VI An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background. View VI
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Mike Melody Antiques

Mike Melody Antiques
Telephone 07534 226563
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Chester
Cheshire
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/melodyantiques
Verified Since Jan 2013
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Mike Melody Antiques
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An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background.
LARGE 19THC SCOTTISH SPONGEWARE BOWL
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An overhead view of a large round ceramic bowl featuring a hand-painted sponged pattern in blue, brown, yellow, and purple on a cream background.
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  • ObjectBowls
  • Period19th century
  • StyleFolk Art
  • MaterialEarthenware, Glaze, Pigment
  • ColourMulticoloured
  • MotifsSponged pattern, Painted concentric rings, Mottled background

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Scottish spongeware is a type of earthenware pottery produced primarily during the 19th century in Scottish potteries, characterised by its distinctive application of colour using cut sponges or rags.

These pieces were typically thrown from local clay, coated in a white slip or tin glaze, and hand-decorated with metal oxide pigments applied using natural sea sponges before being fired in a kiln.

Authentic pieces exhibit characteristics such as crazing in the glaze, minor kiln imperfections, weight typical of ironstone or earthenware bodies, and hand-applied patterns lacking the uniformity of modern printed ceramics.

Such pieces can be displayed on open shelving, used as centrepieces on wooden dining tables, or grouped with other earthenware to add texture and historical contrast to contemporary spaces.

Antique earthenware should be hand-washed gently in lukewarm water with mild soap when necessary, avoiding dishwashers, harsh chemicals, and prolonged soaking to protect the porous clay and aged glaze.
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