Antique Flow Blue Serving Bowls | Johnson Brothers Eclipse - Set of 2

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A beautiful collection of two antique Flow Blue serving bowls, each featuring the wonderfully blurred cobalt decoration and ornate detailing … Read more A beautiful collection of two antique Flow Blue serving bowls, each featuring the wonderfully blurred cobalt decoration and ornate detailing that make late 19th- and early 20th-century Flow Blue so collectible.

The first is a Johnson Brothers Eclipse oval vegetable or serving bowl, made in England around the turn of the 20th century. It features deep flowing blue transfer decoration accented with gold along the rim.

The second is a round Flow Blue bowl with a detailed floral center, ornate scalloped rim and gilded highlights. The backstamp is present but quite blurred and difficult to decipher. We believe it may be Ridgway, but have not been able to confirm the maker, so it is being sold as unidentified antique Flow Blue.

These pieces have condition issues from their long lives, but they remain wonderfully decorative examples of antique Flow Blue. They would be beautiful incorporated into a collected blue-and-white display, stacked with other antique transferware, or displayed on a plate wall.

INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION

1. Johnson Brothers Eclipse Oval Bowl
• Eclipse Flow Blue pattern
• Johnson Brothers, England
• Approximately 9.5” long × 7.5” wide × 2.25” deep
• Crazing present
• Thumbnail-sized chip on the underside of the rim
• Minor loss to the gold decoration around the rim and inside the bowl

2. Unidentified Flow Blue Round Bowl
• Antique Flow Blue transferware
• Floral center with ornate scalloped rim
• Gilded highlights
• Backstamp is blurred and has not been positively identified
• Possibly Ridgway, but attribution is unconfirmed
• Approximately 9.5” diameter × 2.5” deep
• Heavy crazing with warm, toasty staining
• Stable hairline fracture
• Light scuffing along the rim with some glaze loss
• Minor loss to the gold around the rim

CONDITION
Both pieces show age-related wear and imperfections as described above, including crazing, staining, gold loss and other condition issues. These are antique pieces and are being offered with their history and imperfections intact.

Despite their condition, both remain highly decorative and display beautifully. Their imperfections do not detract from their appeal as pieces for a Flow Blue collection or decorative wall display.

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