Collecting American Flow Blue China

Video Transcript

"When you are collecting the flow blue, it was very popular during the 1850's initially and it was massed produced in England and export. The English people didn't seem to have a need for this flow blue because it was massed produced so much of it was exported to this company. You will find if you travel in England today you won't see much of this. You will see it over here in this country. It is a little puzzling since they produced it they won't have very many examples in their own country but that is the case. So most of what you are looking at here, flow blue from English potters. The difference being this one pot that we have here which is cracker bowl and it was produced by Buffalo Pottery around the turn of the century. This is the beginning of the American blues that we saw massed produced. It is a really pretty pattern. This is a Geranium pattern and it is called Vitreous pottery produced by the Buffalo Pottery Company as pewter top with the insert to put the crackers in and there was a line of these pieces made. In fact, they have a pitcher in the same pattern. Not an easy pattern to find. The milk pitchers they made varied in sizes from 4 inches up to 6 and 8 inches. They range in around the $300 to 200 range and is very difficult to find but it is nice it is American and they are very highly sought after. This piece right here could cost anywhere from between $400 and $600 just for the cracker bowl. So the American pieces are really sought after and they hold their value as well as the English."