flow blue

noun

A style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the Regency era among the Staffordshire potters of England.

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Meanings

nounflow blue (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA style of white earthenware, sometimes porcelain, that originated in the Regency era among the Staffordshire potters of England.

    Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter.

    2017, Lila Lee, The Lotus Blossom

Origin

The name is derived from the blue glaze that blurred or "flowed" during the firing process.

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APA

flow blue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flow%20blue

MLA

“flow blue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flow%20blue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flow blue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flow%20blue.

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