Johnson Bros. St Louis Pattern Antique Floral 8 Flow Blue Gravy Boat 1913

  
St Louis Pattern Antique Floral 8 Flow Blue Gravy Boat 1913. Johnson Bros Semi Porcelain St Louis Pattern Antique Floral 8 Flow Blue Gravy Boat 1913. This one is in Excellent Condition with No Chips No cracks No crazing. Very nice deep flow blue Gravy Boat.

The rim edge is beaded in dark cobalt Flow blue. The floral pattern on the main side flows down from right under the rim to near to the base.

The base has the Johnson Bros. Back stamp mark used starting in 1913. Flow blue earthenware and porcelain were made mostly for the American market. Flow blue porcelain for some reason was never popular with the British consumer.

The American market really favored Flow Blue porcelain and still does. For those who are wondering how we get Flow Blue, it is important to note that flow blue is started like any other Transferware. The transferware design is on a copper plate first. Then the blue Pigment is transferred by paper to the porcelain plate.

Then the paper is burned off or soaked off and leaves your transferware pattern on the porcelain piece. The main difference in Flow Blue is The Ink and ceramic blanks were deliberately designed to allow the ink to Flow and spread into the Blank. The ink spreading creates the Typical Blurred and distorted flow blue look. This measures 8" Long rim to handle x 3 3/4" Wide to the widest part x 4 1/2 High to the top of the handle. I have provided a lot of pictures to best describe the condition of this Gravy Boat. Be sure to scroll down, look left. THERE ARE MORE PICTURES that do not appear in the top gallery. (The pictures are of the exact piece you will receive). Photography Props & photo stands are not included. Maybe something was accidentally over looked. We monitor emails regularly and will reply to you as fast as possible. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Showcase your items with Auctiva's.